Power outage left us with a huge mess
Storms have been raging in our area for over a week and it looks like the forecast is calling for more. The problem with this is the fact that they can not be up on an electric poll during these storms due to the danger of lightning. This means that we have been without power for the last four days and it has caused a lot of problems. Thankfully the temperatures are mild so losing the HVAC system hasn’t been a problem. The fridge, freezer, and hot water tank are another story. We have been using the grill to cook just about everything so we don’t have to throw it out and heating water in a big pot to wash dishes. The freezer has started to defrost and we have a huge mess on our hands. I really wish we would have listened to our HVAC technician when he was at the house last time to service our system. He said that his company was running a special on whole house generators but we chose not to spend the money. Now, we are out of luck because we have no way to power those appliances that we really need. We have decided that once this crisis is over we will definitely be contacting our HVAC dealer to have a generator installed. What if this had happened in the middle of winter? We would be in far worse danger because the house would be too cold as well. We are not taking any more chances. Hopefully they will have a deal going but if not we will just pay whatever it costs.