tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998413892355588494.post8254447054365941536..comments2023-12-27T09:36:27.641-05:00Comments on Frugal Homesteads...: the great power outagedilli and the manthinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02122006176810712255noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998413892355588494.post-56635193349457422292011-04-08T10:49:49.919-04:002011-04-08T10:49:49.919-04:00Our power was out for 16 hours. Lightening struck ...Our power was out for 16 hours. Lightening struck the transformer by the house and took out a whole string of my outlets and my DSL modem. No one here has a generator so we didn't have noise. <br />We have actually had a tornado run through the center of Thomson so I know what that is like and this was close but we had no tornadoes here this time.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998413892355588494.post-58864468161412929452011-04-08T06:01:23.493-04:002011-04-08T06:01:23.493-04:00Silence is so hard to come by in this world. We l...Silence is so hard to come by in this world. We live off the grid and I treasure the peace and quiet - especially when the backup generator is off and just the wind turbine is supplying our needs!Kathy at Knitting Off The Gridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134199896022284914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998413892355588494.post-33687156961544032992011-04-07T19:14:56.659-04:002011-04-07T19:14:56.659-04:00I kind of like the peace of a power outage. You ne...I kind of like the peace of a power outage. You never know how much noise there is in your "space" until it's gone. I'm thinking some down time/un plug time would be nice about now too.Herbalpaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122973060172005945noreply@blogger.com