Day 5 - Without Power in the Granite State!

Well, we are now on the 5th day w/out power in our neighborhood. I am digging out my recipes for crock pots, as we do have minimal power w/ our generator hookup. It is amazing how dependent we are on power! My daughter is extremely sick today, and I keep going to check on her, now in the pitch black, as it is after 5 pm. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve flicked the switch on, in the hallway, to sese how she is doing! As they say, when it rains it pours, she is very sick, AND our mainline backed up in the basement today. Fortunately, we have a person that specializes in drain clogs, as I think it would be quite a while trying to get a regular plumber here to snake it out, due to the burst pipes in the area. We only had to wait a few hours for service, and our basement had minimal flooding – Thank Goodness! I don’t think I could have handled it very well today, if we got major flooding. I am approaching my breaking point! I went to the dentists today, and found out my hygienist got power back in Chester, NH, yesterday. I got a text message from my friend in Pelham, NH as they got their power back today also. We have seen the street in front of us, and behind us with power for two days. We saw the Park and Recs Dept of Nashua clear the streets in our neighborhood yesterday, figuring the electric company is just a few hours behind. Still, tonight we anxiously await! Of course, now we are expecting a storm of snow, sleet and rain tonight. That is sure to only complicate the matters of restoring power in the granite state. I am very thankful, my dad had a generator to loan us. We would be VERY cold, and unhappy if we did not have at least that! I will say this much – we will be getting our dryer re-wired , and purchasing our own generator when they make it back to the stores in the state! I want to be able to Back-Feed our house, so that I can use the stove top or hair dryer, or computer, when I want to, and not have to get in line for a plug!!