It was raining pretty hard, and cold. The lights started flickering and my wife and I knew what was coming. luckily we had enough time to fill the tubs with water before the power went out. Every year we say we should buy a generator…

Power went out, and man did the trees come down. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before. In the woods behind our house, it sounded like little grenades going off. You hear the tops of the trees coming off and the crash of them hitting the ground 40 or 50 feet down.

Jacob and I went out to see what was going on in town. Most of the roads were impassable because of the trees and all the power lines that had fallen. Having the truck I drive made me feel secure knowing I could get my family somewhere if I really needed to. I saw some people in smaller cars trying to navigate through… and they just couldn’t.

It seems we weren’t the only people looking for a generator either… stores had waiting lists 70 or 80 names long for deliveries of 20 generators… and of course the entrepreneurs kept springing up on the sides of the road selling generators out of uhauls for a 30% markup. My wife and son spent the time in a hotel. I stayed home to take care of the dogs and birds… thankfully the gas fireplace works when the power is out. It got chilly, but it wasn’t anything I couldn’t manage. We found a generator 5 days in… and I got a lesson in home wiring as I fitted it up. It’s a nice feeling now knowing it’s there. If there’s a problem again, we can live comfortably here until power is restored again. Well, Jacob will miss watching spongebob…

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