• Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Fri Jan 11 03:57:42 2019
    Hey Nancy!

    That does sound rather widespread and impressive

    Last I heard there are still some without landlines which include phones and internet access. From my understanding their power has been restored as of the new year or thereabouts. I was pleasantly surprised to see the internet connection come up on Christmas Day (evening). I honestly thought it would be another week or so given all the local damage which I assumed was at least as bad everywhere else, which turned out to be accurate.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Jan 14 00:08:24 2019
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-Jan-2019 03:57 <=-

    That does sound rather widespread and impressive

    Last I heard there are still some without landlines which include
    phones and internet access. From my understanding their power has
    been restored as of the new year or thereabouts. I was pleasantly surprised to see the internet connection come up on Christmas Day (evening). I honestly thought it would be another week or so given
    all the local damage which I assumed was at least as bad everywhere
    else, which turned out to be accurate.

    Did your utilities get help from outside the region to get the access
    back up....? They did well to get you reconnected speedily... :) With
    any luck, the weather won't take it out again any time soon.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Mon Jan 14 04:26:07 2019
    Hallo Nancy!

    Did your utilities get help from outside the region

    I heard around 800 from the mainland, with a few as far away as Ontario. Rumour has it that some were calling it a paid vacation although it escapes me why they would think that given the long hours and the conditions.

    They did well to get you reconnected speedily

    For sure. I am still amazed by it. However I did have to throw away some food but thank goodness I ddin't stock up for Christmas which many did.

    the weather won't take it out again any time soon

    I am not betting the farm on it. Power outages in these parts at this time of year are part and parcel of life in this neck of the woods. Usually no more than 8 hours.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Fri Jan 18 01:04:42 2019
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 14-Jan-2019 04:26 <=-

    Did your utilities get help from outside the region

    I heard around 800 from the mainland, with a few as far away as
    Ontario.

    That goes a long way towards getting services up and running quickly,
    having plenty of extra help....

    Rumour has it that some were calling it a paid vacation although it escapes me why they would think that given the long hours and the conditions.

    Maybe they got some extra time to enjoy the area before trekking home...
    And maybe working in a new locale might qualify as a busman's
    holiday.... ;)

    They did well to get you reconnected speedily

    For sure. I am still amazed by it. However I did have to throw away
    some food but thank goodness I didn't stock up for Christmas which
    many did.

    Good thing... that would have been even more sad...

    the weather won't take it out again any time soon

    I am not betting the farm on it. Power outages in these parts at this time of year are part and parcel of life in this neck of the woods.

    Are people investing in generators after this storm....?

    Usually no more than 8 hours.

    That's more easily survivable... :) Last year, I think it was, we had
    an extended power outage throughout our area... we kept our freezers
    closed, and barely opened the fridge, and managed not to lose any
    food... but we ate out (there were a few restaurants that either had
    power or had generators) until power was restored... thankfully we got
    ours back just before we were going to need to figure out some alternate
    living situation, for ourselves and the cats, as the house was getting
    too cold.... Turned out that my sister had a generator, so was able to
    keep power at her house... had we known, we might have gone there... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Thu Jan 17 19:25:39 2019
    Hey Nancy!

    Maybe they got some extra time to enjoy the area before trekking
    home...

    Maybe. I heard that there were hotels, bed and breakfast, etc. giving them free beds/food/etc on the downtime they got so it wouldn't surprise me if there were a few extra perks like that once the power was restored. Also I noticed quite a few of the local farms were having outdoor feasts for quite large amounts of guests. I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say many of those guests were power restoration crews.

    Are people investing in generators after this storm....?

    If you could find one then yes. I looked and everywhere I went had no stock.

    we ate out (there were a few restaurants that either had power
    or had generators)

    Not an option here. I think I'll save up my pennies and invest in a generator this summer for next winter. I've seen a few advertised the will do both gas and propane, and although there is a power drop running on propane (around 300 watts) I think the running time will be longer on a decent sized propane tank which makes it more tempting than the short uptime running on gas. We'll see.
    Hopefully there won't be a major outage before spring.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Jan 20 19:28:02 2019
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Jan-2019 19:25 <=-

    Maybe they got some extra time to enjoy the area before trekking
    home...

    Maybe. I heard that there were hotels, bed and breakfast, etc. giving them free beds/food/etc on the downtime they got so it wouldn't
    surprise me if there were a few extra perks like that once the power
    was restored. Also I noticed quite a few of the local farms were
    having outdoor feasts for quite large amounts of guests. I'd be
    willing to go out on a limb and say many of those guests were power restoration crews.

    Quite likely.... very willing to show their appreciation for the work
    done by the visiting work crews... :)

    Are people investing in generators after this storm....?

    If you could find one then yes. I looked and everywhere I went had no stock.

    Not that surprising at that point.... have to keep your eyes open for
    the new stock to arrive, I guess... :)

    we ate out (there were a few restaurants that either had power
    or had generators)

    Not an option here. I think I'll save up my pennies and invest in a generator this summer for next winter. I've seen a few advertised the will do both gas and propane, and although there is a power drop
    running on propane (around 300 watts) I think the running time will be longer on a decent sized propane tank which makes it more tempting
    than the short uptime running on gas. We'll see. Hopefully there
    won't be a major outage before spring.

    Hopefully. :) You might get a better price waiting until summer,
    too... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Sun Jan 20 17:36:58 2019
    Hola Nancy!

    very willing to show their appreciation for the work done by the
    visiting work crews

    As well as the local crews. Speaking for myself, I showed no bias as to where the crew was from that worked on our particular stretch of line.

    have to keep your eyes open for the new stock to arrive, I guess

    At the time they were sold out of future stock. One place claimed that their next order was due in late Febuary. :-/

    You might get a better price waiting until summer

    That is what I am hoping for but I don't think they go on sale all that often.
    Maybe if they are clearing out stock for newer models? We'll see ... as if we have a choice.

    Speaking of Raspberry Pi's, note this message is from the upgraded aarch64-raspi3b+-linux-gnu. I finished it earlier today. Seems to be working and is definetly an improvement from the previous build.

    La vida es buena,
    Maurice

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Jan 28 03:10:38 2019
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 20-Jan-2019 17:36 <=-

    very willing to show their appreciation for the work done by the
    visiting work crews

    As well as the local crews. Speaking for myself, I showed no bias as
    to where the crew was from that worked on our particular stretch of
    line.

    True... one would just be grateful to any crew that was restoring the
    power.... :)

    have to keep your eyes open for the new stock to arrive, I guess

    At the time they were sold out of future stock. One place claimed
    that their next order was due in late Febuary. :-/

    Sounds crazy, but I have no trouble at all believing it.... Widespread
    outage, and suddenly everybody and his brother needs it yesterday... and
    it doesn't take long before the suppliers are out of stock as well...

    You might get a better price waiting until summer

    That is what I am hoping for but I don't think they go on sale all
    that often. Maybe if they are clearing out stock for newer models?
    We'll see ... as if we have a choice.

    I was more thinking that there wouldn't be any inflated prices when the
    need wasn't so critical... but yes, there might be some sort of sale if
    there were new models coming in.... Probably would depend on how high
    the demand was still, come summer... :)

    Speaking of Raspberry Pi's, note this message is from the upgraded aarch64-raspi3b+-linux-gnu. I finished it earlier today. Seems to be working and is definetly an improvement from the previous build.

    Yes, I do note that... :)

    ttyl neb

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