I have always loved snow; its a chance to perhaps have the day off from school or college, build a snow thing of some sort,maybe do some sledging and get revenge back on the family with the aid of snow balls.
Humm...the last few days have changed that...our electric had been playing up all day on thursday - on and off, but at quater past ten it went off - and stayed off.
It stayed off for two whole days and two nights - i have never been so cold; we do have a wood burner, but we couldn't have it burning a lot of wood, because there was no power to work the pump to move the water around which it heats - ie it would literally get too hot and break. So it was a case of sitting huddled in blankets. Having no water was no great laugh either. My dad hod gotten our generator out and we ran for an hour on both days, so the we filled up any container we could find with water and had a quick wash.
When the night came round we had candels everywhere and lantens, so it looked very pretty, abet difficult to see things clearly.
It was so odd. You'd automatically go to turn something on, and then it would click, oh no, that won't work...
Most people don't have wood burners to give out heat, or generators to give a little power. It's horrible to sit here, even now, and think that some people might be out of elelctric still, and may be freezing, they're houses the same temperature as outside, unable to cook food or drink water.
This has changed my view on snow slightly though. It great fun - if you have power and water.
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