Cold Weather PSA

Hoping you all stay warm and safe. Don't forget your furry ones!

Hoping you all stay warm and safe. Don't forget your furry ones!

13 year old me (OK, today's me) can't stop giggling about keeping my furry ones warm.

In all seriousness, I sincerely hope everyone can keep their electricity and water running.

Hoping you all stay warm and safe. Don't forget your furry ones!

You too M'Y'!

So far our storm (MaineYoopers storm too) has been a disappointment and that's good. I was hoping to get rid of most of the snow, but that doesn't appear likely. Right now it's in the high 40s but when the rain stops we're supposed to have plummeting temps and everything will freeze. The wind didn't really start until this afternoon and is still high so we might get a power outage.

The dog... She doesn't like the cold but tolerates it, and is an inside dog. But she absolutely HATES the rain! Went out, realized it was still raining, turned around on the stairs and went right back inside.

Edit: It would have been very nice to have remained disappointed with the storm, but Maine is 90% forest and the odds of keeping our power with these high winds was remote. Maybe 20 minutes ago we had 2, or was it 3(?), outages lasting a second or 2, then out completely. Right now the house is running on solar w/battery backup. If we turn everything but lights, refrigeration, and the water pump off I might not need to start the generator to recharge the batteries. But that's not going to happen until after 8PM.

The dog is on edge. I have no idea why, life goes on. Maybe she picked up vibws from us?

Please stay safe, folks. My friend, who lives in the greater Buffalo area, says what Buffalo is experiencing is unprecedented. He thinks it's even worse than the blizzard of '77. Ironically, here in San Diego, it has been unseasonably cold (by San Diego standards) for weeks and, suddenly, it's 80° today. Go figure but I'm certainly not complaining.

In talking to a brother today in NJ he told me that this AM it was extremely cold (below 0? I don't remember) and as we talked at 2PM was 20°F. Heck interior Maine was warmer than that! Not unusual for us but really cold for him.