Power just came back on, finally!

[Fuzz]

Central NJ.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Welcome back...

I hope all went fine, considering...

:hi:

[Fumesucker]

2. Yay!

To a big extent these days civilization is about having electricity...

As soon as the power goes off you're basically camping indoors.

[Fuzz]

9. Oy, are you right. We were really out of our element.

Went to go make coffee in my french press, thought I have a gass stove, I can light it with a lighter, but then realized I couldn't grind the beans!

Arg!

[uppityperson]

12. I've been there, done that. Hammer, plastic bag wrapped in a towel.

Glad power is back.

[Fumesucker]

14. Heh, I'd have been crushing those suckers with a spoon and a bowl..

Or I'd hook up one of my two inverters to the car and power my grinder that way..

Boy Scouts are always prepared..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwjuz_-yao

[Fuzz]

15. lmao, I'm obviously not that clever, or addicted

[Fumesucker]

19. It's not like there's all that much else to do when it's raining and the power's off..

I do stuff like that as much to keep myself occupied as anything else, I have a low boredom threshold and an overwhelming urge to tinker with things.

[MarianJack]

3. Good for you & your neighbors!

:patriot:

PEACE!

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

I know how much fun power outages are.

[Sedona]

5. sorry to rain on your parade

been there done that Hurricane Andrew Aug '92

The power came and went for days before it came back for good.
While you can get some laundry done, make some ice and cook whatever's left that hasn't spoiled.

and a hot shower! yes!

[gateley]

6. Good! Are you all okay now, or are there other problems you

have to worry about? :pals:

[Fuzz]

10. That should be it, except the smell in the neighborhood of rotten food and destroyed water-logged

items from flooded basements out on the curb waiting to be picked up. :(

[gateley]

18. Hope it's over quickly! nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Yay!

[FourScore]

8. WooHoo! Welcome back! n/t

[WillyT]

11. Glad You Are Ok !!

:bounce:

:hi:

:kick: & Rec!!!

[libodem]

13. Yea!!!!

[KittyWampus]

16. Finally came back on here this afternoon. No electricity gets old extremely fast.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Welcome back

:hi:

[nmbluesky]

17. good

we miss you!!!!

[Duppers]

20. Mine is still off

Williamsburg, VA. Am posting with my droid which was charged via car.
We don't expect it to be back on until perhaps the weekend. Irene wrecked so many huge trees in our neighborhood.
We do have gas for cooking, bathing, thank goodness.

We lived through Isabel in 03 but don't want to do this again, so we're committing to purchasing a generator.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Good to see you are doing ok though

Regards to you and yours... We finally invested in a radio that will charge the cell as well. Learning how to use it.

[democrank]

23. YAY!!