-=> 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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