Either that, or a new electric company.
Remember the weekend of no power back in July? You know the one where our awesome neighbors went out of their way to take everythign from our fridge and freezer and put it on ice for us?
Or how about the random evening of no power in August? You know the one that just made no sense at all and it kept going on and off and on and off all night.
Well the 3rd time is the charm because our power is just off. Period. And is not coming back on. And I want to be nice and understanding about the 'heavy' snow. But, when your house is 47 degrees and everyone around you has their lights and and their house taunts you with it's warm glows all niceness flies out of the window.
And, guess what. Losing power 3 times in 4 months is not normal. So Xcel Energy needs to just FIX IT.
Have you seen this video? Click Here. This is how I feel about our power. Last night when we went to bed with a severe fire hazard that was about 15 candles (don't tell our insurance agent) and headlamps on so we could have some sort of entertainment, all I could think was "when I wake up in the morning it better be FIXED."
And it wasn't. So as I hovered over my ice cold toilet seat, put my contacts on in the dark, and stumbled my way out the door, I can only say that if it is not FIXED when I come home tonight we are going to have problems. I don't know where Xcel Energy is located, but I will find them. Yes. I will find them. And tell them to show their automated message machine that won't let you get through to an ACTUAL HUMAN BEING, who is boss.
On the bright side, I've never been more excited to come to work on a Monday for the sheer fact of heat. So there's that.
4 comments:
Pick up portable generator. Run a new electric line to your furnace with an outlet. The other end of this new electric line goes to an outlet outside where the generator will be parked. At your furnace install an electric outlet where the power comes in now and install an AC plug on the electric line going to the furnace...now when you lose power go to the furnace unplug it from "house power" and plug it into generator power. Fire up the generator and plug the pigtail cord you made up(male plugs on both ends) from the generator to the new outside outlet. now you can safely fire up your furnace. could probably run the fridge too but mother nature is providing cool weather for that. This project is rated for a six pack of premium.
Uncle Todd
I say we go in on a back up generator between the two of us...with our energy problems we'd get our money back.
On another note. When I walked in to my heated 65 degree house today it felt like 80...I now have a new appreciation for heat. I'm just glad I had a neighbor to vent to about the lack of it for 2 days.
Seriously the constant power outage is totally a Minneapolis-St.Paul thing. I get the snow but COME ON!
Also I agree with Uncle Todd who suggested a portable generator. It's needed in MN
INVEST IN 'DOWN': GOOSE DOWN,DUCK DOWN, UP&DOWN...ANY DOWN WILL DO...IT'LL KEEP YOU WARM AND TOASTY...BUT THE POWER THING SUCKS FOR SURE...MAKES A BODY INVENTIVE...NOTHING LIKE A COLD SHOWER IN THE DARK...AND I'M NOT MEANING A 'ROMANTIC EVENT'...UNCLE TODD HAS THE RIGHT IDEA ABOUT A GENERATOR...I SEE OUR FUTURE HERE...TOF
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