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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 8 2:18pm | Replies (2400)Comment receiving replies
@joyces Living in NH we generally lose our electricity a few times during the winter when the snow is heavy and wet and it's windy out. When we know a storm is coming we fill the bathroom wastebaskets with water so we can flush and fill the bathtubs too. We don't have a stream to get water from, plus in the winter it would probably be frozen.
I hate losing power and not having water. We do keep our bbq on our screened-in porch so if we want to grill something we can but it's generally too cold to do that. I look forward to driving to Dunkin Donuts just to get in a warm car and get some hot coffee.
JK
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In response to contentandwell: I can't imagine living in a place where there's white stuff on the ground or, worse, ICE! I bought here 60 years ago to enjoy the mild, damp climate here, never expected it to get dry enough to burn! There have been a few instances (four or five) of a bit of snow in the six decades since I bought this place, but never enough to actually cover the green grass. That's the way I like it!
I just walked the quarter-mile toward the ocean to retrieve my mail, and the sky is an ugly orange, indicating that there are already some fires nearby. Hopefully it won't be a huge disaster like 2020, as many people are only now moving into replacement manufactured homes. There's a very strange hot east wind, just like 2020: here we expect to face the wind as we face the ocean, not the mountains east of us! Time to move the essential items to the center of the living room, ready for possible evacuation.