SpawnPoint - Where Game Begins

Ah, snow. The one thing I don't miss ... I'll take the gloomy weather and rain every day over snow for three months. :)

So heres a few I managed to get with the old cell phone.












Still no power, however I have the PC hooked up to the generator so lifes not too bad (embarassingly enough LOL) Class has started again so another thing to keep me busy. Still quite a few roads closed and trees down, but the crews are doing a great job. I think we got about 8-9 inches here and to make thinsg worse it was heavy wet snow, and with the leave still on many trees it was snapping trees like twigs. Also it would be awesome if power companies would start installing underground power grids. Seems rather shortsighted that we put such fragile high powered, dangerous society reliant things exposed to just about every element and weather condition you can imagine...

Yea Davie I actually talked with somebody on the subject earlier in the day and they informed me along with all your insight, that around here it costs about $1000/ft to lay primary lines underground. And that it is not unheard of when people are zapped by electricity leaking through the insulation into the ground. I think he mentioned overhead lines run about 10 cents/ft, and of course are much more easily accessable. Hopefully in a few years solar and wind power will power many more things independent of the grid.

I think the biggest thing was that it is very unseasonable and the area was very unprepared for it. Like the tropical storm last month, we had power crews all the way from Ohio running shifts here, 24/7. There was not a whole lot of salt/grit yet as far as I understand and for a day or two communications and resources were a bit overwhelmed.

Up North, yea it's not a big deal because you are accustomed to it and have lived with it for as long as one can imagine. There is also that unfortunate vibe that people give around here like they've seen and weathered it all, and for the most part everyone who's lived around here for a good portion of their lives is like that. Unfortunately when they lose power and can't find a generator or salt or shovels or whatever, they lose their freaking minds. It's amazing how incapacitated the community becomes because of it, but people will never learn. Thankfully some just know to shut up and suck it up. They have what they need and they are the last ones that need assistance. Welcome to the 21st Century...

EDIT: And around here people think they can take their Prius's out on unplowed roads, then act suprised when they wreck them, and then have the nerve to get upset at Police/Fire when they are told they have to wait more than 10 minutes to get help... Unbelievable.

Dang, i cant imagine how bad that must have been! Sorry to hear that