Strong winds caused numerous outages across the northeast last night, with at least 23,000 customers in New Hampshire losing power. Ours went out just before 2:30 am. I woke up, noticed, then went back to sleep. But it was mighty cold when I got up a few hours later.
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I was born in New England though not raised here. But I moved back over 30 years ago, and anyone who is “from around here” has a generator. I replaced my old one over the summer.
We’ve got light. We’ve got heat. And, as you can tell, the internet.
The neighborhood gennys started cranking up around 4 am as folks like me got up and did what we always do. Fire it up, check the fuel supply, plan to get more to replace what you’re likely to use.
You never know how long you’ll be without power.
A few hours or a few days.
As is often the case, you lose power when it is expected to get wicked cold. And it got cold last night. I woke up to ten degrees with wind chills of minus ten. You always want to start up a generator in these sorts of “ideal” conditions. Maybe pay someone to throw buckets of seawater on you while you juggle the flashlight and make sure you have all the doohickeys in the right place before you try to start the engine.
Fun times.
All went well in my corner of the world so far.
Here’s to hoping you are doing as well or better, and if not, you’ve got a plan for that.
