-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Jan-2019 19:25 <=-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ttyl       neb

... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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