[at-l] Storm's a'comin

[Amy Forinash]

On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Jim Bullard wrote:

> I was without electricity for a week in the ice storm of '98. Since  
> then outages have been a matter of hours or once for a whole day and  
> I was getting complacent until this latest storm when not far South  
> of me they lost power for several days. I'm running a pellet stove  
> now which requires power and I have a 60+' drilled well so no power,  
> no water. I could probably haul water from the university where my  
> wife works but if we lose power I have no heat. I could probably get  
> by with a portable generator to run the stove but when you're  
> getting clobbered like Art is a unit that cuts in automatically when  
> the power goes out looks like a real good option.

Seriously.  I have a woodstove and fireplace, but I'd have to stay  
home 24x7 to keep the fires going.  That'd put a crimp in the  
lifestyle.  Not to mention I don't have a stock of good burning wood.