How to Stay Cool When the Power is Out

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When people think about potential complications of having their power out, most of the time they’re thinking about being cold. Having been trapped in a house with no heat in the middle of December, with two kids and a newborn baby to boot, I can sympathize. However, when the electricity goes out in the summer and there’s nothing powering your AC or your fans, extreme heat can be as much of a killer as extreme cold. Literally. The question is, {Read More}

Small Outages Reported from Midwest to East Coast 2-29

A combined tens of thousands are currently without power from a massive snow and thunderstorm system that hit overnight. The system is still working it’s way across the country with outage reports beginning to climb. At last check, outages were averaging around 2,000 out per area. Check this page for an update should larger outage numbers occur.

On Call and a Storm is Coming

Jarod is on call tonight and the storms that are thrashing the west are headed here. We are looking at a weekend without him being home – which isn’t unusual considering he worked over 900 hours of overtime last year. Whenever these storms come through I brace our household. Our two little boys don’t understand why dad isn’t home, we often lose power and don’t have him to help with heating, eating or other common issues when there is no {Read More}

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