I'm back on the grid
Dick Coers
A winter storm ripped through Peoria this past Monday. We heard two transformers explode, then we lost power. It started with freezing rain, then switched to a downpour and incredible wind. A lot of pine trees in the neighborhood were uprooted. Electricity was just restored at noon today, 73 hours latter. Cable and Internet about an hour ago. I had installed a ventless natural gas heater in the basement about 30 years ago, but I used it sparingly so carbon monoxide would not build up. 59 degrees in the house when I woke up this morning. So it was one crazy week. The wife really needs her CPAP, so she slept at a friends house for two of the nights. That made for some incredibly quiet evenings. No radio, no nothing, just the noise of neighbors generators. The longer the outage, the more generators running. It almost sounded like a truck stop last night! We lost power in 2008 for 32 hours, so wondering if every 7 years will make a gen set pay off. Pretty sure we're getting one when supply returns to normal. Finally back to the shop tomorrow!
