Kicked off the grid

We’ve had a monster ice storm.

Right now, I’m stuck in my house because the wires to my house are down across my driveway with a tree down on top of them. I can handle the tree, but I’m not going near those wires–and my chain saw is electric, anyway. I’m still trying to report this because the 800- numbers for National Grid are all busy!

I’ve logged on briefly with a laptop and dial-up to check the news and post a status report, but I may be off-line until Monday. The Governor has declared a state of emergency.

Hello, 1897! My vampire characters Jonathan and Thomas are laughing at me. I’d like to nominate the inventor of the Coleman lantern for a Nobel prize. I have firewood, a gas stove and gas water heater, town water, food, an old phone that works without AC current and things to get done…but, yeesh.

Hope everyone else is well!