Re: storm....at last
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: storm....at last
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:40:32 -0600
thank God you & Chet are ok.  I remember Agnes well.  We didn't have a hot
water heater for 5 months.  Cold baths in PA in Nov.  And no kitchen until
Dec.  Taught me to take nothing for granted.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Patricia Dickson <pdickson53@gmail.com>wrote:

> Auralie,
> It is so great to get online and see a message from you!  Yeah... for power
> and internet.  I am sorry to hear of your husband's fall and hope he is ok
> now.  You are such an inspiration .... planting bulbs while your power was
> out.  ( making lemonade out of lemons)!
>
> My husband and I have been cutting cedars off of our 160 acre farm ( all
> native grass pasture with creeks running on 3 sides)  Today we spent the
> most beautiful fall day cutting without the power saw. We just used
> clippers and a corona hand pruner  We have been working on this project for
> years and getting closer all the time but still more than I want to think
> are left to cut. The trees left are all down in the canyons, among lots of
> other trees and wicked vines.  It is like we are exploring our land for the
> first time ever.  Up and down and over limbs and canyons to cut a few
> trees.    We don't get to spend the entire day cutting very often and even
> today when we stopped to drive to town ( 15 miles) for lunch we ended up
> taking a side trip to the lake, Fort Cobb Lake.  There were so many ducks
> and birds.  It was a beautiful calm blue water, but very low from the
> drought.
> Great to hear from you!!
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Finally, after eight days without power and nearly three weeks without
> > cable connection
> > we seem to be back to running properly.  What a nightmare it has been.
>  We
> > did not
> > suffer nearly as much as some people, because we had a small generator
> that
> > gave us
> > water (we're on a well), heat and refrigeration, but no lights.  The
> > problem there was the
> > shortage of gas.  First of all, we were trapped on our private road for
> > four days by a
> > downed power pole.  ConEdison told us that if we cut their pole we would
> > have to pay
> > for it, about $850.00.  After we could get off the hill, kind neighbors
> > brought us gas.
> > They had gone to Connecticut to see about a daughter in school there, so
> > brought
> > us enough to get through if I rationed it very carefully - keeping the
> > generator running
> > just long enough to cool the refrigerator enough to keep food from
> > spoiling.  That meant
> > turning it on and off every few hours.  But when power came back it was
> > such a
> > disappointment to not have access to email, television, or my telephone.
> > We could
> > use Chet's land line, and people could call us, but the upstairs phone
> was
> > not in a
> > convenient place.  After many hours of telephoning we finally got a
> > technician who
> > came and saw the cable still lying on the ground and said he could do
> > nothing until
> > the "crew" could get there.  Then more days of waiting and telephoning,
> and
> > we saw
> > Optonline trucks putting the cable back up.  Still nothing.  Then a
> > neighbot said that
> > they had cable access - why didn't we?  Still more frustrating
> telephoning
> > until last
> > evening after dark someone came and got us back working again.  Whew!  We
> > have
> > already arranged to change our supplier to Verizon, but they can't do it
> > until next
> > month some time.
> >
> > In the meantime, Sunday night Chet fell and hit his head on the wall.  He
> > didn't tell
> > me he had fallen, but when he tried to get up the next morning, he could
> > barely stand,
> > and was very nauseated.  It took some talking to get him to agree to see
> a
> > doctor- he's
> > a very stubborn old man.  Finally we got an appointment for that
> afternoon,
> > and a very
> > kind friend offered to help me get him into the car and to drive us.
>  Thank
> > goodness for
> > that, because I just don't drive after dark, and we didn't get back until
> > nearly  10:00 PM.
> > the cardiologist who we first saw took tests and found that Chet was in
> > Atrial Fibrilation,
> > which isn't serious, and he has had for a long time.  But since he had
> hit
> > his head, and
> > is on coumadin, they insisted that he must have a CTscan at the emergency
> > room.
> > This of course took hours.  Every other test there was normal, including
> > the fact that
> > he was no longer in A-Fib.  The final diagnosis was mild concussion.  He
> > has been
> > weak and wobbly all this week, but seems a bit stronger each day.  He is
> > getting
> > around without his walker this morning, so things seem to be getting
> better
> > - especailly
> > since I now have email.
> >
> > I am reading all the Garden Chat posts with pleasure.  I have missed the
> > activity on
> > this list.  I do have a Facebook account, but don't use it.  Somehow it
> > just annoys me.
> > I have always felt very close to this group.  Not ony do we share major
> > interests, we
> > seem to share the same values.  I hope one outcome of this storm is that
> we
> > will keep
> > closer touch.
> >
> > Auralie
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Patricia Dickson
> 10078 N. 2396 Road
> Weatherford, Ok 73096
> 580-302-0042 (cell/business)
> 580-772-0502 (home)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
>


-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index