Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Apr 01 2025 07:53:00

> Speaking of.. Just went through a very nasty day.. Freezing rain
> knocked out the power for about 27 hours and it was a bit of a
> battle to keep myself from freezing and the freezer from thawing.
> I think I managed okay. I won't know for sure about the fridge until
> I get into some things.

Sounds like you got into some of the weather than Michigan's upper lower
peninsula got.  There were areas that they were reporting were 100% without
power.  Meanwhile, the lower part of the state was getting tornadoes and
wind damage.  At one point, I think the freezing rain warning was only
separated from a tornado or thunderstorm warning by one county.

> I hear there are still about 350,000 homes without power so this
> was a pretty big event.

That is a big event, especially when you consider that the area includes
portions of sparse population.

> I keep wondering if I should buy a generator but losing the power
> for more than a couple of hours is very rare, maybe only happens
> once every 5 or 6 years, so I usually talk myself out of it..

Same here.  It is usually an hour or two so I also talk myself out of it. ;)


Mike


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