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pokerfan

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3. Got ours back Sunday
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 02:13 AM
Nov 2015

But it wasn't too bad with heat from the gas heating stove in the living room. Looks something like this:



We made hot water by putting pots on the top. Saved most of the freezer/refrig food by putting it outside in coolers. Battery operated radio and LED camping lanterns provided entertainment and illumination:



Oddly enough, they never lost power across the street so I could go over there once a day and charge my USB power pack. It was a life saver because I used my phone hard. Twitter, texting, email, reading books, etc. Power pack can charge my phone three or four times.



Across the street and three houses down a tree took out an unoccupied home. It was incredible. Perfectly healthy look trees were just getting blown over. Not the home I was talking about but representative of the destructive force of the winds:


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It was a death and stormy night uppityperson Nov 2015 #1
Over 200000 without power for almost 24 hours The empressof all Nov 2015 #2
Got ours back Sunday pokerfan Nov 2015 #3
My brother is in Spokane leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #4
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