SNOW OF DEC. 2009

The radio and TV gave a storm warning. This is not even the first day of winter. Did we get snow oh yes.Everone in the mountains had not saw snowflakes that big. The size of the plam of your hand and bigger. In just a few hours everyone was snowed in and our electric was out. Now it really gets cold in the mountains with the wind. Electric lines, transformers, trees, phone lines all down. Our electric was out for three days. Boy was it cold. We all here about the warnings but really don't prepare for it. The kersone almost doubled. People were freezing and could not get any where for for at least 4 or 5 days. Only one person had a wood burning stove in the hollow.They could stay warm and also cook. I am going to try this year to get me some type of wood burning stove. We all now have went to electric and don't have one. But let me tell you it is hard to try to stay warm with a large candle. I stayed warm enough but was afraid of the carbon moxide they give off. I beg everyone to try to get a back up heat. Back in 1989 my kids were small and my husband was gone to Knoxville, Tnn. to the hospital with his dad. It came a larger snow than this and here I was by myself. The electric went off because it iced. I stayed warm because we had a storker stove and I could put a little shovel of coal in at a time. It was off for around 5 days then. We had food enough that we did not go hungrey. But let me tell you get a corded phone as back up and a non-electric can opener. I had to open cans with a knife. The water froze and had to use icesickles for water. But we all made it and now they are  adults. I try to tell them make sure you prepare for the electric going off but most of the time they won't listen and my daughter got caught without any back up heat. They made it tho by staying in bed, Make sure your animals have food and water. That bucket ices over before you know it.