Boston's "Snowpocalypse 2013"

LloydXmas wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

so did the power come back to everyone
who was going for wrigley tix?
i saw you guys got some wicked heavy snow up der

Fixed.

Poncier wrote:

Well that was a weekend plus I would like to forget.
Power went out Friday night at 9PM. Power came back on Sunday night at 9:09PM and then proceeded to go out again at 9:28PM, so we got a 19 minute burst of light and heat and then back into the dark. (How the F does that happen). Then finally got power back Monday at 3:07PM...66 hours with no power. Friday night wasn't too terrible as the house was 72 degrees when the power went out, dropped throught the night and was 57 in the morning. Dropped steadily thereafter. Spent Sunday night and Monday night in the living room with the wife and 8 yr old on the couch under 4 or 5 blankets with the dog on top of them, the bird cage in front of the fireplace covered with a blanket save for an opening to get whatever heat the fire gave off to keep him alive (parakeets don't fare well in the Arctic), and me up pretty much all of both nights tending to the fire to keep it burning. Faucets running in the kitchen and both bathrooms for the duration so pipes wouldn't freeze (piping and water shut off under the house in crawl space which was rendered fairly inaccessible by 7 foot snow drift over the bulkhead.) Tried to leave Saturday after the driving ban was lifted, got wife's car dug out, loaded up the family and pets, got a mile maybe mile and a half before having to turn back as roads getting to route 3 were impassible due to downed trees and power lines. House was in the low 40's from Saturday night on, lowest reading was 41. Sunday it was warmer outside than in the house(was actually only low-mid 30's but with the sun and no wind it was warmer feeling outside), wife and kid walked to the beach while I shoveled in just a sweatshirt. Cruising around town the damage was unbelievable. Brant Rock section of town still looked like a war zone yesterday, not sure when those poor bastards will have power.
Tossed a bunch of food in the dumpster here at work today. Fun times.

Poncier wrote:

Well that was a weekend plus I would like to forget.
Power went out Friday night at 9PM.

Poncier wrote:

And the wife just called to tell me that the power has gone out yet again. Unf'inbelievable.

mickeyrat wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

Poncier wrote:

And the wife just called to tell me that the power has gone out yet again. Unf'inbelievable.

Bring home a pizza.

Have the looters gotten to your back deck stash yet? Better keep a close eye.

Poncier wrote:

Had pizza last night...not that I'm adverse to eating it 2 nights in a row...but power has come back on, was out for an hour...douchebag on phone (I was finally so fed up I called Nstar) said "maybe they turned it off so they can connect some other areas"...now I have to reset all the damn clocks again when I get home, if it happens again I may go postal.

Poncier wrote:

National Grid handled things much better from a PR perspective, saying what towns would be restored on what days...even if you hear your town is SOL for a few days, you know your situation and can make alternate plans if you need to...Nstar was just "its a multiple day restoration"...that really helps folks.