We are fine, thank you. Above freezing temps and bright Sun helped clear the ice yesterday and I think today may leave the roads drivable for Friday. We hope to get to the store for resupply if there is anything available. We stocked up before the last minute rush so we have been fine. No damage or frozen pipes, I stayed up most of the night when temps hit 7 degrees to check on the garage and the electric heater did the job, keeping it in the mid 30s. I see a lot of people saying they have frozen pipes and wanting honest but cheap plumbers. Good luck with that. We did not lose services and they did not cut our power (who would do that?) so that was good. I think they learned their lesson about renewable energy when the big freeze hit a few years ago.
Last time we got hit I learned a lesson. The water on the street in front of us refreezes before it can run off because of the ice filling the gutters, so it gets thicker and thicker. I made a small trench in the gutter along my frontage and around the corner to the drain so the water can run off. It worked very well last time so I did it again as soon as it started to warm a couple of days ago. It has worked well. I am sore but it is worth it. I also clear a small path down my driveway. It gives me safe access to the street and lets the melt off run down. The ice at the bottom of the driveway otherwise gets very thick as the melt off refreezes.
Hope you all are doing well. It was great to see the good Gerbil news earlier. Thank you for that bright spot.
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Good morning, GN -- hope Mac and Elena are weathering the storm OK. Check in, Mac, OK?
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Good morning, Sven!
Mac -- ditto what Sven said.
We are fine, thank you. Above freezing temps and bright Sun helped clear the ice yesterday and I think today may leave the roads drivable for Friday. We hope to get to the store for resupply if there is anything available. We stocked up before the last minute rush so we have been fine. No damage or frozen pipes, I stayed up most of the night when temps hit 7 degrees to check on the garage and the electric heater did the job, keeping it in the mid 30s. I see a lot of people saying they have frozen pipes and wanting honest but cheap plumbers. Good luck with that. We did not lose services and they did not cut our power (who would do that?) so that was good. I think they learned their lesson about renewable energy when the big freeze hit a few years ago.
Last time we got hit I learned a lesson. The water on the street in front of us refreezes before it can run off because of the ice filling the gutters, so it gets thicker and thicker. I made a small trench in the gutter along my frontage and around the corner to the drain so the water can run off. It worked very well last time so I did it again as soon as it started to warm a couple of days ago. It has worked well. I am sore but it is worth it. I also clear a small path down my driveway. It gives me safe access to the street and lets the melt off run down. The ice at the bottom of the driveway otherwise gets very thick as the melt off refreezes.
Hope you all are doing well. It was great to see the good Gerbil news earlier. Thank you for that bright spot.
Good to hear from you, Mac, and happy that all has gone well for you and Elena this past week. Yippie!!!!
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