Nice Natter title! Hi all!
I have achieved internet. We now have a big ass generator at the house contributed by one of my customers. It plugs in to the dryer outlet and powers the whole house. Still no internet there. But hot showers!!! Whee! My siblings have power so I have their generator at the office where we have internet. No A/C, but computers and the possibility of working to meet deadlines that don’t care about the weather.
Life revolves around dealing with essentials. Some gas stations are popping up again. Some food stores are open, but not so much for fresh meat or veggies. They did have bananas so that was nice. We have had plenty of fresh bottled water and food all along. Yay for peanut butter! Still under boil water orders. Thankfully it has been cool so we haven’t been too sweaty. It is maybe 80ish today, so not bad.
We didn’t get much rain so we don’t have the horrible flooding like the Gulf coast did. It’s a huge area though. Something like 150 miles of the east coast trashed down here. The constant drone of generators is giving me a bit of a headache. I still have MIL staying with us. People have been wonderful helping out each other and sharing resources. The big exception being my Evil SIL. Would you believe they got power back 2 hours after purchasing a generator and she refused to let us use it for the office!?! Bitch. Of course her husband apologized for her evilness and offered it to use, but we wouldn’t take it now. DH was shocked, me not so much.
Don’t know about school. They have 172 schools in the county and about half have power. It’s a high priority, second after emergency facilities. I don’t see how they can run buses when so many streets need to be cleared and there are so few traffic lights working. We'll see.
It looks like fall in northern areas because the leaves were blown off so many trees. It’s odd. We are still enjoying the starry starry nights without the glow of city lights.