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It's a little dark and cold
Jan. 5th, 2018 11:11 amThe power went out at my office late morning yesterday, before the storm even arrived, which was rather demonstrated what kind of day we were going to get. They sent us home around noon, because the estimate for restoration was the evening, which meant I was able to get home before the worst of the weather hit. All transit was pulled off the road mid-afternoon and the RCMP started warning people not to travel, so it was a good call.
We didn't get any snow. Just lots of rain and hurricane force winds. A lot of people are reporting that it was worse than Hurricane Juan a few years ago. It was certainly louder last night than Christmas Day. I haven't had much sleep thanks to all the noise.
The power at home lasted through the day, which was a relief, but it went out in the night. I'd prepared so my thermos of hot water supplied me with coffee and my cold box supplied me with milk for coffee, yoghurt for granola, and cheese for sandwiches to take to work. I don't know how cold that will stay, though. It'll depend a lot on how long the power stays out.
If the power comes back today, the contents of my freezer should be fine. If it's out until tomorrow, I may need to assess things when the power comes back to see what can be saved.
I'm pretty sure I'll have to throw out the eggs, milk, and remnants of soft cheese from Christmas, but I don't keep fresh poultry and such in the fridge and everything else in there should be okay. Thankfully it's not a holiday weekend (this time) so when the power is back, I'll be able to nip out and replace the essentials. Power is patchy around the city, so there are coffee shops and restaurants to warm up and charge devices in.
I'm more concerned about heating. If the power comes back today, woo hoo! If it doesn't...temps here are falling fast and are predicted to hit -11C overnight. I probably won't be able to stay in the house, so I might have to pack up the cats and head to my aunt's. I don't want to, because my cats don't get along with hers, but I won't have a choice. I'm reading up on tips for keeping the pipes from freezing in this circumstance and desperately hoping not to need to use them.
Power cuts in the summer are a wee bit less scary. At least there's no danger of frozen pipes or hypothermia.
My parents in England haven't had a power cut in years. And the last one only lasted a couple of hours. Right now, I can't wait to move back there.
We didn't get any snow. Just lots of rain and hurricane force winds. A lot of people are reporting that it was worse than Hurricane Juan a few years ago. It was certainly louder last night than Christmas Day. I haven't had much sleep thanks to all the noise.
The power at home lasted through the day, which was a relief, but it went out in the night. I'd prepared so my thermos of hot water supplied me with coffee and my cold box supplied me with milk for coffee, yoghurt for granola, and cheese for sandwiches to take to work. I don't know how cold that will stay, though. It'll depend a lot on how long the power stays out.
If the power comes back today, the contents of my freezer should be fine. If it's out until tomorrow, I may need to assess things when the power comes back to see what can be saved.
I'm pretty sure I'll have to throw out the eggs, milk, and remnants of soft cheese from Christmas, but I don't keep fresh poultry and such in the fridge and everything else in there should be okay. Thankfully it's not a holiday weekend (this time) so when the power is back, I'll be able to nip out and replace the essentials. Power is patchy around the city, so there are coffee shops and restaurants to warm up and charge devices in.
I'm more concerned about heating. If the power comes back today, woo hoo! If it doesn't...temps here are falling fast and are predicted to hit -11C overnight. I probably won't be able to stay in the house, so I might have to pack up the cats and head to my aunt's. I don't want to, because my cats don't get along with hers, but I won't have a choice. I'm reading up on tips for keeping the pipes from freezing in this circumstance and desperately hoping not to need to use them.
Power cuts in the summer are a wee bit less scary. At least there's no danger of frozen pipes or hypothermia.
My parents in England haven't had a power cut in years. And the last one only lasted a couple of hours. Right now, I can't wait to move back there.
