We Are Alive! February 24th, 2023 20 Hours Without Electricity
Yesterday evening, the lights went back on. We were without electricity for 20 hours and it was a great learning experience.
It turned out that the problem was right in our own neighborhood, in the yard of our neighbor. It was in the afternoon when we saw the DTE trucks showing up. They had to wap their trailer just to break the ice enough to get the tailgate to come down! Everything was covered in ice!
Even the grass was a matrix of ice!
The ice storm began with rain, then the temperature dropped quickly and all the water froze in place!
We had to be careful because the weight of the ice would cause tree branches to fall.
Life At Home
A while back, during the lockdown, we began to wonder what would happen if we were restricted to our homes and power went out. My wife said "At least the furnace would keep us warm!", to which I reminded her, "our gas furnace still requires electricity to run". It hit us like a ton of bricks.
We need something to keep us warm if the power went out! First choice is a wood stove, second choice is a gas stove. Then my wife saw a gas stove on clearance at our local hardware store. I installed it right away, we had it functioning for at least a year or two, but this was the first time we actually RELIED on it to keep the home warm.
Our home never dipped below 60 degrees (15 C) and our family remained comfortable.
We blocked off portions of the house we weren't using to conserve heat.
We got our camp stove out and enjoyed our normal meals together as a family!
Later in the day, we saw someone from DTE on top of a pole restringing a line. We knew power would be on soon.
It was a great learning experience and we feel just a little better prepared for at least a 20+ hour power outage.
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You did good in the freezing rain
With out electric power for so long
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Compared to some situations, 20 hours isn't a big deal. We could have gone longer. !ALIVE
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I've never really had to deal with that last time we lost power it was a middle of the night and that was it
And extremely rare but yeah of course
Great job being prepared and overcoming this situation my friend have the best one
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Happy that we overcame this challenge, now on to bigger challenges.
Great that you guys can keep warm even without electricity. That is a major inconvenience. In contrast, my issue is how to keep cool and comfy in the summer months. LOL! Stay safe and warm. Have a fantastic weekend!
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Power outages in the summer can be trickier, since we could easily loose all of our food in our refrigerator and freezer.
Maybe as a backup in such situations invest in a dehydrator and freeze-dryer, and maybe some jars to store what you dry! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
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Great to see that you where prepared for the power outage Benjamin, I grew up on a farm so it happened a few times a year, we had a tractor driven generator though, and big enough to fully replace grid power, it took a bit of diesel though, enjoy the power being back and stay !ALIVE
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A tractor would be useful in a situation like this, could generate a lot of power. WE discovered that our neighbor has a whole-house generator, since his landscape lights were on his house!
You know what they say about neighbors and who has the best car right?
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Everyone else upgrades to match or exceed it? I wish I were in a position to purchase a whole-house generator... if HIVE goes to $50 i'm good to go!
Let's make it happen.
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20 hours without electricity!! Difficult to imagine how our life would be here!
Anyway, it is good to hear that the electricity is back. And, you had prepared beforehand to keep your family warm in such a situation.
Stay safe!
Not super fun, but relaxing in it's own way.
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You always have to be prepared
Indeed.
That's a marvelous job preparing for emergency.
Have a wonderful weekend
Thank you!
You are welcome
Ugh, 15 degrees Celsius is very cold for me) I'm glad the electricity problem is solved. Congratulations!
And the photo of the icy grass is very pretty!
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We dressed warm and it wasn't much of an issue.
I thought so too, it was fun to photograph.
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It's always helpful to have alternative energy sources, and some camping equipment.
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We never thought our camping equipment would become useful at home.
That is an unfortunate situation but thank God you were able to handle it. But come to think of it, 20 hours without electricity in some other places is just like less than 1 hour without electricity, and not even cause by any natural occurence like ice.
At least we knew what the problem was and that it was being repaired, I can only imagine if there was no idea what caused it, no answers and no updates on progress. That would make the experience a lot more unnerving.
The prompt attention is appreciated
That's why I hate the winter. I moved to the southern part of the states just to avoid that type of weather. We do get a tough of winter, mostly lower temps and a little rain but rarely and snow of major ice like you got. Winter last for about 6 weeks or so instead of months, I !LUV it!!
Very nice looking family!
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The ironic thing is my parents are in Florida enjoying 80 - 90 degree weather.
24 hours without light. And there is hope is gonna be fixed. In Nigeria we can stay 6 months without light. You run generator wasting a lot of money. Am happy how you and your family handle each situation
I understand there are many places where electricity is not reliable and will experience outages for long periods of time. Makes our 20 hour experience pretty easy. It's sort of unthinkable, but we may experience something like that.
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A not very pleasant experience, thank God they were prepared, you always have to be prepared for an eventuality like that and not be caught by surprise.
Have a happy weekend.
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Staying without electricity for that number of hours is not really funny at all. But thank God it has been fixed. Enjoy
I'm grateful for God for his protection and provision, also for the linemen who fixed the electrical line!
Alright, enjoy your day.
Being prepared is good. Have a nice weekend!
Yes, being prepared is good.
Being versatile and adaptable to events is very important indeed, as I know you know! Having redundancy in our systems allows us to keep going when components of our system fail. I commend you on passing through this challenge so easefully! Great job Benjamin! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Thanks, yes I felt is was a success. At least for 20 hours, I hope we'll do that well if it were 48 hours or more.
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Those ice blocks on the tree branches really look big. Am glad your lights are back too and so sorry about the inconveniences you must have suffered.
I'm glad it was only an inconvenience. For some it can be life-threatening.