just when i was ready to work...right... the ice storm came in and turned off all the electric which meant, no tv, no computer, no videos, no cds, no dvds, no lights, no heat, no cold for fridge, and no water or sewer. and for a week! good think i had a down sleeping bag that was good for 20 below. felt like a homeless person hanging out in the malls and stores to keep warm and use bathroom facilities. finally braved taking a bath sort of with 1/2 gallon of cold water in a cold room. felt better even if it was bracing. not ready for artic dips though. finally had heat but no water or sewer. they had the pump going but after a very short time the water line to my house broke...frozen and it took 2 days to fix that. i think light was probably the greatest invention ever. it gives heat and lets you read and most inventions would not have happened without this start. it was really hard to read by candlelight.
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Great pictures. A friend from Elgin, NE sent me some too. Terrible devastation.
It is no fun to live without heat and electricity. If we wanted to go that route, we would go camping. HA! At least when I lived on the res and our electricity disappeared, we had a wood stove that heated the house and doubled as a cooktop. I tried to read by karosene lamp light. How did the pioneers do it?
light has totally changed the world. there definitely wouldn't be as many books without it. and then of course the internet =).
pics are cool. i really like the first and last ones.
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