No Electric For Anna *UPDATE: My Pioneer Woman Tale by Anna_66 (post #27)

[RobiLee]

Hi all,

I just spoke to Anna and she wanted me to let you know that they had an ice storm and she has had no electric since around 8pm yesterday evening. They are home and hanging in there waiting for the electric to come on. She missed her morning PT time and is having withdrawls . She wanted me to let everyone know what was going on and where she is at.

Lets send out some postive vibes that her power is restored real soon!

[Ginger's Mom]

Ooh, sorry to hear that. I hope that she, at the very least has a fireplace for warmth (as well as four hairy dogs ), and a gas stove for cooking. If not they may need to find a nice dog friendly place to stay for a while. Keep warm and safe Anna, Mark, and furkids.

[Medusa]

I hope Anna has her power back by now. I lost mine at 3:00 AM. I couldn't sleep (so what else is new) and just finished watching a movie when the power went out. (At least I got to see the entire movie.) It flickered twice, then went out for good. I thought "Now do I call and report it or because we've had this ice storm, will they already be aware of it?" I fumbled around to find my flashlight, called and reported it because I figured that most people wouldn't know the power was out since it was 3:00 AM and they'd only know when their alarm clocks didn't go off and they were late for work. But after approx. 15 min., it came back on, which is unusual. My little town is usually the first to lose power and the last to have it restored. I have a fireplace but the thought of lighting a fire at 3:00 AM did not appeal to me.

[lizbud]

Sorry to hear no power for Anna. I'd be having withdrawal myself.
Hope you get power back soon.It's no fun at all.

[Karen]

We'll be thinking of her! We lost power for a few minutes last night but get this - it was a planned event, AND we were forewarned by mail more than a week ago! The power company was planning some maintenance, and let us know. I thought that was great.

[dukedogsmom]

Stay warm, Anna! I can't imagine being in that kind of weather. Hope you're back soon. Cuddle up with those dogs.

[RobiLee]

I got a call from Anna a little after 8. Her electric is on now. Yippee!

[chocolatepuppy]

That's great Anna got her power back! Many people lost their power here due to the ice, we were fortunate and our lights only flickered a few times. I was sent home at lunchtime. They closed the plant down due to power shortage.

[Catty1]

Phred has quite a power-outage story in his birfday thread! 30 hours, no power. But Smoke got to be the hot water bottle under the covers, and Cinder was the foot-warmer!

Glad you got lights and stuff again, Anna!

[pitc9]

The next county East of me, Ashtaubla County Ohio is under a state of emergency still this morning. More than 10,000 people are sill without power.

Glad your lights are back on Anna!
Is Phred's power back on yet?? (he's a few counties South of me)

[RobiLee]

I just talked to Anna and she still has no power. The power guys got it back on for a brief period and then she said her and Mark heard a loud noise and out went the electric. She has been without electric for 37 hours now. They are keeping warm with a kerosene heater. Because they have no electric that means they have no running water so that is another problem. They have a well and they need that power to pump the water into the house

Keep sending some postive vibes her way in hopes that her electric is fully restored here real soon!

[Medusa]

Because they have no electric that means they have no running water so that is another problem. They have a well and they need that power to pump the water into the house

Keep sending some postive vibes her way in hopes that her electric is fully restored here real soon!

Yep, unfortunately, that's the way it is if you live in a rural area. I'm lucky that my power came back on. I feel for her because the house can grow cold very quickly. I've learned to have several jugs of water in reserve in case of a power outage so that I can at least wash up a little and pour water into toilets to flush them. We'll keep those prayers going.....

[lizbud]

Well drat. Really, I'm surprised I didn't lose power here too. I saw all
the ice forming on the power lines & started praying. Hope you get things
back to normal quick Anna. I never would have made it as a pioneer woman.

[cloverfdx]

Oh no here's hoping everyone is staying as warm as possible, sending good thawing out vibes their way.

[wolf_Q]

Oh man, poor Anna and Mark. I hope they get power restored soon!