It's very dark without power....

[materialsgirl]

No real point to this post other than to whine about the fact that my power is out (our cable modem and wireless router are on a battery backup, which, with my luck, will probably die right as I try to post this).

It's really windy and I'm guessing there's a power line down somewhere. Fantastic. Did I mention it's 8 degrees outside? Yeah, it's gonna get chilly in here real fast. Brrrrrrr!

 

[jodijodi]

Ugh! sorry to hear about that! Keep warm...we'll be sending warm thoughts your way!

 

[materialsgirl]

Thanks Jodi! Do you have a warm house that DH and I could stay at? LOL! (kidding of course)

 

[Jess_jugs]

I'm sorry!! We had the same thing happen to us on Thursday! We lost our power for 8 hours! Thank God for a fireplace because it was a cold -10*! We're having a bad storm here too, it was 55* earlier this afternoon & it's now 10*!! Get some blankets & stay warm!

 

[lainiefig]

Warm {{{HUGS}}} Emily. Hope your power is back soon!

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[jodijodi]

>Thanks Jodi! Do you have a warm house that DH and I could
>stay at? LOL! (kidding of course)


Sure Emily! Come on down south!!

 

[Miss Lee]

The same thing happened to us a week or 2 ago. Our power was out for several hours from late morning until about 6PM. My house retained the heat pretty well, but by about 5:00 I was getting pretty darn cold. Kitty snuggling under a blankie is your best bet

I hope your power is restored soon, Em :*

 

[Stacy]

My power finally is back on as we speak! I'm in Ohio, very windy here!

 

[chefkate]

A good friend from Iowa called tonight. Their power isn't out, but they live in an oooooold farm house and the furnace can't keep up. Their HOUSE TEMP is a *toasty* 45 degrees! I'd be getting a hotel!

 

[Mckmain]

Sorry Evily! I hate when we loose power as it is usually off for 3-5 days! Glad you have a battery back up for the PC. Funny as since we bought a generator a couple of years ago, we have not lost power..?..sending you power back soon vibes and lots of warm blankets....

 

[midwestchick]

Hey!

I'm in OH too - our power went out at about 12:30, and I panicked. The wind was really wicked - I was scared my windows were going to shatter. My mind started reeling -- crap, what will we do for heat, getting the kids to school, I won't be able to shower,etc. ,etc...meanwhile DH snoozes on without a care in the world

Power came back on within 30 minutes but I still couldn't shut down for almost an hour...

I'm sure DH will love the fact that the neighbors trash can blew over and their trash is strewn all over our yard - blech!

Heidi

 

[RunnerGirl]

I'm in IN and our power was out for a couple of hours last night. Lots of tornados in the area last night but luckily they missed us. This weather is crazy! It was aroiund 57 yesterday and then BAM, it's 30 and 60mph winds.
LD

 

[materialsgirl]

Lots of crazy weather everywhere, eh? Thanks everyone for the power-come-back vibes. It worked! The power came back after I had gone to bed last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and realized my alarm clock was flashing 12:00. What a relief that was! I tell ya, you don't realize how much you appreciate electricity until it's gone!

 

[buffettgirl]

We have the wind here, but so far no power outages. That reminds me of one Christmas we spent with DH's family. The power went out around 3 in the afternoon and the house was starting to get really chilly by 7 in the evening. Dear MIL said, "I'm going upstairs to get warm under the electric blanket." Bwahahahaha. She has never lived it down.

 

[Jess_jugs]

I'm in IL, sounds like we all had the same weird weather y'day. The worst thing about us losing power is losing water.... we have a well!! Now *that's* not fun!!

 

[trixie108]

I'm in Ohio as well, and I thought my roof was going to come off!! The house was creaking and moaning like I have never heard before. Plus, my poor dogs could barely walk outside (they way 10 and 15lbs) poor babies!

 

[Liann]

Wow, I wonder what is up with all the crazy wind? It was sooo strong here this morning too. We have been lucky so far though and the power is still on. It doesn't seem to take much around here to wipe it out though. I had to laugh when I read the other poster mention that their dogs could barely walk in it. I have wiener dogs and they were being blown all over the place this morning. Poor Cheyenne squatted to pee and almost fell over! The boys didn't even attempt to lift a leg!