Blizzard of 2021 (Day 3)

We woke up to blackouts again.  Power went down at 5:30 am and remained off for about 45 minutes.  It went down again 2 hours later.  The scam that is wind generation has been making the news and scandals seem to be brewing everywhere.  Sometimes you have to walk through the darkness before you can see the light, it would seem.  

It was colder this morning with the weather app showing 1 degree.  At around 7:15 it had risen to 2 degrees.

 

At this point we are luckier than some friends we know.  One family locally posted this morning that they had been out of electricity for 28 hours and they have livestock that need warming.  I am not sure when, or if, if came back on.

One of our blackouts hit just as it was time to cook breakfast so it took some creativity.  Sometimes it is a good thing to be a historical reenactor!

Mid-morning farm work needed to be done so it was breaking the ice again.  About 3 inches thick today I would guess.  Then hay, and an attempt to boost the tractor whose battery had died.  No luck since the diesel glowplugs had no power.  And home to more blackouts.

Lunch. Then my brother called to say they were sledding again.  Today was much more pleasant since the wind has laid.  The calm before the storm it would seem.

With more weather coming we watered birds, filled the wild bird feeders, and hauled more firewood inside.  We are fortunate that our outages have been limited.  

So tonight we will finish the movie we started last night: Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End.  And we wait for yet more snow in the night.