Power outage, day 1
As the eighth inch of
snow hit the ground on Thursday evening, the electric line snapped and
fell into the yard. Out went our power.
Our
first step, in the dwindling evening light, was to assess our power
stores. Laptops were shut down, then Mark assembled all of our
rechargeable batteries and lights. Unlike our last major power
outage, we now both have high quality solar flashlights, and Mark
had
several fully-charged drill batteries that go with a fluorescent
light. We even have candles from friends. But we still
hadn't gotten our solar panels hooked up, and we don't have
candlesticks.
For that first night,
light was all we needed. Wood stoves ensured we stayed warm, and
the fridge and freezer would stand one night unopened. More on
phase two of our power outage adventure in another post.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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