Snow day without power

 

On March 18th, our district called off school at 3:00 for the following day's expected storm.  It was kind of funny because the 18th was gorgeous out.  We wondered if we would get what was forecasted.  The storm that night was loud!  There was rain, hail, sleet, thunder, and so much wind.  Our power went out at 5:30 am.  It wasn't back on when we get out of bed a couple hours later.  We checked the outage map, and this is what the town of Hastings looked like:

Every window on all sides of the house looked like this.  We couldn't see out on any side.

It is amazing how many things in our daily lives require electricity.  All day, we kept forgetting, and then we'd realize another thing we couldn't do.  No coffee was definitely the worst part.  We have a gas fireplace, so we had some heat, and we all stayed in the living room most of the day.    

The power finally came back on at 2:30.  9 hours later!  It was too late for me to have coffee.

There were sticks covering our whole yard.

It was a filthy snow.  This was that afternoon, and it all looks gray.  

Later, when everything melted, our porch, deck, and driveway were caked in dirt.

Snow days are my favorite.  A snow day without power was awful.  I hope to not repeat that experience for a long time.

The next day, we had a 10:00 late start.  There were still some areas around Hastings without power.  I thoroughly enjoyed my coffee the next morning.