[TheForge] Power outages

[Ron Childers]

Agree. A small airplane hit a power line near my house Sunday while I was
working in the shop. The pilot is bruised, especially his ego, and his plane
is trashed, but he'll be ok.

Ron C

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Moloch, pickle problem

Power outages suck, especially if you're not prepared 
for them.

No shower? I pity your family and aquaintances.

No coffee? Howzat?! I can't imagine a situation outside 
maybe floating in the middle of an ocean where I 
couldn't brew up a pot of joe. I mean seriously, you 
are a smith aren't you? Is there be a believable reason 
you couldn't get out to the 
smithy/shop/carport/whatever, light a fire and heat 
some water?

Maybe you slipped on the ice and your arms and legs 
fell off? No wait, you're typing. Maybe a limb crashed 
through the roof and you're pinned at the computer?

Seriously though, power failures are why we have 
propane for cooking on and a wood stove in the living 
room. The wood stove also helps mitigate the cost of 
heating oil but it's the lifeboat in a power failure. 
Thankfully we don't have so many anymore and they 
seldom last long enough to do more than make us reset 
all the timers in the house.

Frosty
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From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>


Just rub it in Robert!  I used to live in the Lower Rio 
Grande Valley, and I miss it on days like these!

My power went off this morning at 4:56, but I was 
already awake to the sounds of gunshots all around my 
house -- I thought I was in Bagdad.  The gunshots 
turned out to be hundreds of tree limbs snapping under 
the weight of ice.  Fortunately, no trees fell on my 
house or truck.  I can take the cold, but no shower and 
no coffee!  That brutal!

Aubrey


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