Re: To our British friends

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:40:18 -0700, Winnie <wwl10@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 23, 7:22 pm, "Joy" <jgayl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And I thought 30 hours with no power, during a heat wave, was bad!


During the ice storm of 1998, many in this area were without
power for weeks. That was in the depth of winter where the temperture
sometimes went down to -30C. I was lucky
the power in my building stayed on.

Winnie



Hi Winnie,

My sister was living just south of you (Ogdensburg, NY) during that
storm, and was lucky enough to have a wood stove for heat, and a gas
stove for cooking. She said she didn't have to worry about the
freezer thawing - all she had to do was put the stuff outside and it
would be safe. The power pole to her house came down and missed her
car by inches. I was talking to her on the phone when it happened.
There was this loud CRACK, and then a huge thump. Funny thing though,
she never lost her phone line.

Mishi

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