Wow, Hibiscus, do I ever wish you the best!! Our last ice storm, with exception of a mini ice storm 2-3 yrs ago, our electricity was off for 13 days, at home, thank the Lord that the office was up and running all the time. Just one of the weird things is that after the ice damaged everything in the entire area, looked like a bomb explosion. We have a giant water heater in our house, in fact, two of them, and amazingly we had warm water almost the entire time. We had a small battery operated TV set and watched in bed with the covers thick and piled high. We took turns holding the TV where we could both see it and swapped it back and forth when we got so cold or teeth chattered. The TV was one they took to ballgames, to watch other ballgames, the tiny screen was about 5 or 6 inches, awful reception. The only channel we could get played reruns of stuff like Ironsides, the Fugitive and Beretta - the only good thing about the programs was that we had never watched those shows, so they were new to us. And, one 30 minute show was SNL reruns, we were in heaven!! Whatever, those 13 days, seemed like 13 years. We had to stand in line to bathe at our friend's mom's house that had a gas hot water tank. There are still signs of the storm, that may never diminish, certainly not for many more years, but they are now only mostly obvious in the winter after the leaves fall. Hibiscus, I hope you are back, up and running, that that things start an upward trend for you and your family. Wishing you the best!!
