Re: Like a Bad Penny, I'm Back
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:38 pm
Glad to hear you're okay. We had a severe ice storm here back in the first week of December. I was without electricity for 34 hours and the temps never reached above 25 at my house for several days. The day my power finally came back on my thermostat temp was bottomed out at 40° And the thermometer in my gun room was around 35. As you guys may know, Dallas and the surrounding counties are not really prepared for weather like this, so it took almost two weeks to some folks back on power. The cause for our event was an ice storm. I wished ours was just snow... We got no snow. First ten hours was freezing rain. Followed by about 24 hours of off and on sleet. We had 4" of ice at my AO. I still had ice on the ground ten days after the storm. That's almost unheard of here. The power companies are still dealing with spotty outages due to trees that were weakened by the ice finally breaking and falling on lines.
Fortunately, I got some Cabelas gift cards for Christmas so I invested in a new Coleman stove and a few other survival gadgets. It's events like this that show us where we need to make improvements so you guys out there that are reading this and have not experienced it, let these events show you where you need to focus your time and money, investing in things that may make a difference in life and death WHEN it's your turn.
Fortunately, I got some Cabelas gift cards for Christmas so I invested in a new Coleman stove and a few other survival gadgets. It's events like this that show us where we need to make improvements so you guys out there that are reading this and have not experienced it, let these events show you where you need to focus your time and money, investing in things that may make a difference in life and death WHEN it's your turn.