Tuesday
24 Hours later and still no power. With convoys of power trucks and workers coming in from Georgia, Louisiana and other states they say it will be as long as 7-10 days to get full power restored. Numbers are slowly coming down as they work on getting power back to high priority areas: Hospitals, shelters, fire stations, etc.
Knowing we might be in this for the long haul we go about settling in. Switching furniture around we get the couch into the family room around the fireplace. We then set about getting a good supply of firewood stocked up.
We have some big chunks of trunk and fire wood that is seasoned, but too large to burn well as it was. (Not to mention coated with ice) So we spend the next several hours bringing wheel barrels of wet chunks of wood up to the house and then splitting it with an axe.
Yes, it is still hovering around the freezing point. However, transporting all that wood and splitting it keeps us nice and warm. We get enough wood to add a few more days to the supply.
We make do and manage the best we can. Thankful for what we do have: Shelter, warmth, a stocked pantry, hot running water, a way to cook some food, a supply of batteries, a radio, flashlights, and each other.