Ice Storm!

[mudmucker]

Mudmucker - are you warm YET???

Concerned minds out there are sending you warm thoughs of crackling bon-fires, hot cocoa, and plain old central-air.

No I am not warm yet. Wait a minute, I think I just caught one of your warming thoughts or a spark from a virtual bon-fire for just a moment....

read your post earlier - what I'd give to slap a mosquito right now...

Temps will drop a little more into the 20's but nothing that would threaten pipes and cause more problems at least...

I've just gotten my first actual estimate of power restoration, possibly by Thursday.

My electricity gets distributed by National Grid. Big Utility. There are utility companies here from Tennessee, South Carolina, Michigan that are obliging these contracts. There are some towns near me who aren't off of Big Utility but from small util - those without these larger service contracts. I've heard estimates of power restoration by Dec. 24 to some of those towns.

[Crankin]

Good luck, Mudmucker. The snow is moving in! I don't think tomorrow will be too bad, but Friday looks like a big one.
We live in a town with its own utility company. It was fine when they came and got our power back on after 45 minutes,from downed branches on our street. I don't know what would happen if the devastation was worse.

[mudmucker]

Good luck, Mudmucker. The snow is moving in! I don't think tomorrow will be too bad, but Friday looks like a big one.
We live in a town with its own utility company. It was fine when they came and got our power back on after 45 minutes,from downed branches on our street. I don't know what would happen if the devastation was worse.

Thank you very much. Snow is moving in? Cripes, I've been so pre-occupied with the weather inside my house I am unaware of what is happening outside on its way!

The small util company I was speaking of is Fitchburg Gas and Electric that serve solely I believe, Townsend, Ashby, Ashburnham, and some of Lancaster. Townsend is real bad.

[Crankin]

Yea, I heard that about Townsend. One of the other students in my grad program is from there, although she lives in Sommerville now. She said her dad is a teacher there and the schools are closed for the rest of the week. They didn't know when the power would be on. I noticed that Chelmsford and Westford have school tomorrow, so the power must be mostly back on. Those are the places closest to me that have been dark.