The past few weeks have been crazy at best. Back on September 4th, we had a major wind storm come through that knocked our power out for 35 hours. Hubby was out of town on business and it took P and I a while to figure out the portable generator and get the chest freezer hooked up to it for a short while to keep everything well frozen. Sadly, we didn’t wrestle with it earlier in the day and ended up pitching much in the refrigerator.
When the high winds had died down from that storm, P and I surveyed the yard and found many trees down. Actually, I was able to notice quite a few just from looking out my bedroom window.
Here you can see that cluster as well as a close up of the uprooted tree that was to the right in my original photo.
After hubby got home, he walked around and found more that were damaged enough to need attention.
Let’s just say that ‘free time’ is more limited as they tend to cleaning up the yard. On the upside, we’ll have a fair bit of wood for burning after it’s had a year to season.
One downside of the power outages is that we do not have running water without electricity. During the 35 hour outage, the sink and stove became rather cluttered with dirty dishes waiting to be washed. (And, NO, our sink does not currently look like this…at least not until the next outage happens!)
We’ve now had another round of windy weather with more to come. And, we have experienced a few more power outages that have me considering if a whole house generator is in order. While I enjoy time off the computer and the quiet that you have with no electricity, it does get ‘old quickly.’ On the upside, the weather has been just warm enough outside (highs in the 50s) that no heat hasn’t been a huge issue.
How do you pass the time when the power goes out?
Oh my goodness – that look scary! I hate when the power goes out here. It doesn’t happen often thank goodness but when it does, it shows me how dependant I am on electricity – LOL! Glad ya’ll are OK!
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The boys tend to get bored rather quickly when all electronic stuff is off the table. If the weather’s good, they’d be outside. But, stuck in a house with yucky weather outside makes it less fun after a while.
Wow! That is some strong wind. Hopefully you don’t have too many more outages, yikes!!
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Wow! I can totally relate. We had our power out for a whole week last year due to a hurricane, it was a real eye-opener. A tree also fell onto our garage and went through the roof. We also had a very windy storm last week, luckily this time our power only went out for an hour!
I remember the long power outages from hurricanes when I lived in Louisiana. And, we had a few in the NE. I’m especially glad the trees did NOT hit the house.
I hope to have NO more power outages. But, that might be unrealistic.
Oh wow, it’s crazy that wind can uproot trees. Glad you at least had some sort of generator and sounds like you’ll have a plan if it happens again. The last “power outage” we had was when I shut everything off for an hour on Earth Day. lol We’ve had some high winds since but nothing too strong.
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I would have never expected it. However, the wet ground coupled with soil that is not especially deep helped the wind do that work.
Oh my gosh, how scary! Thankfully, we haven’t had major storms here in AZ. I hope it calms down for you guys!
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Me, too, Ashley. Although I hear we might get another storm coming through this weekend.