Like that episode in CSI Las Vegas about the rat. Got fried chewing on a wire.

Our last big outage was a stupid squirrel.

USA has written about those little guys mucking up things:

"Suicide Squirrels driving Utilities nuts"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...quirrels_N.htm


Not sure what is more weird--a squirrel zapping power or 'leaves on the tracks' slowing trains (that one always makes me laugh).

.....and no H20 means....you can't flush the loo.

So when a big storm is forecast here we fill up the bath so we can flush the loo with a bucket. Also fill up jugs for making cups of tea etc.

In a way it's fun for a while, making tea on the wood stove, heating up soup etc...... bacon and eggs for supper made on the woodstove!

i cant complain about power cuts really, we have had a couple, 1 when the remnants of Hurracain Ivan came through the state and 1 when a Tornado came through town, my power was back on within 12 hours each time.

Aye lass....it's grim op t'north.

Not at all...there's lots of things you can do to keep warm.

Huddle up to the whippets and spear one of your pigeons over a camp fire?

wow, that's great. My 13 day episode happened when I'd only lived here a short while. It was a great start to me new life LOL

We did buy a generator a couple of years ago, just before Katrina hit. The company we bought it from were about to ship it when the hurricane hit & they were swamped with orders. Naturally, orders from that area came before ours so 3 months later, no genny & we got a refund instead. Still don't have one.

I hadn't thought about the well pump though. yikes! And the giant water system we have in because our water stinks off sh!t