DC Snow Report, Day 2

[bjarvis]

We still don't have power and there have been no signs of snow plows so we can't leave our neighborhood even though we've dug out our cars.

It was chilly inside the house last night since outdoor temperatures dropped to the single digits. I'm surprised though that the in-house temperature has only dropped to about 54 degrees F. The house is apparently better insulated than we thought: the only residual heat sources are the three of us, heat from cooking and heat leaking from the gas water heater in the basement.

The lack of power has been a severe inconvenience but we're doing pretty well, all things considered. Yeah, ice-cold toilet seats are no fun at all but we'll manage.

Local government offices, schools and most businesses are still closed. All buses and surface mass transit are shut down, as are all above-ground stretches & stations of the Metro subway system.

A good news update: we've finished digging out our sidewalk and that of our elderly neighbours, Isaac & Goldie. Ironically, Isaac is in Florida visiting friends right now, returning Wednesday. Goldie indicated she's doing fine though, doing many of the same things we're doing to keep warm & comfortable.

I've charged my laptop, blackberry and cuyahogarvr's cell phone with the power inverter and my Civic so we're able to keep in touch with the outside world. A battery powered radio is keeping us entertained and informed with the greater recovery process.

Comments

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

so no fireplace...it makes me remember power out during IKE. i dont know what would be worse. power out in winter where you are in the 50s in the house...or power out and it being 90 every night...or higher.

hoping this "snow" thing...is over this week. i dont want to get stuck in Atlanta.

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Actually, we have two, but a limited supply of firewood - doh! Who'd a thought! We were holding off until it really, really got really cold. As luck would have it, we only burned a couple of pieces today.
As for me, I'd much rather be without electricity in the summer. I'm a freeze baby so I don't like being cold. As for my husbands, they're just fine without power in the winter.

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Do you have an alternate source of heat such as a fireplace?