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   / Good morning!!!! #143,471  
Still no power. If you see stories about a 50 mile shutdown and traffic snarl on i95 in VA, THEY ARE TRUE.

I managed to clear the driveway, and run to get some food and fuel. Never seen so many trees down in my life. On our property we have at least 3 burn piles worth of limbs alone. Wife lost her magnolia, it took a major hit on at least three branches.

On generator, big deal now is water for animals, starting to run low. Have buckets of snow in the house trying to get by.

Water...who would have thought? Next project is to wire the well to accept the generator.
Well if you were close enough you could come by and get some water, we have the gen running the well a couple times a day. Weird that a couple miles from me in both directions they got way less snow.

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   / Good morning!!!! #143,472  
friend sent me this cool picture from Milton DE. Almost 11 inches there.

Riptides, hope your power comes back on soon.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #143,473  
31F and clear @ 17:45, high was only supposed to be 33F ... but made it up to 34F ... (y)

Hopper and one sunflower tube feeder refilled, also one suet feeder. Need to refill suet feeder outside kitchen window as well. Will do that here in a few (nice to be able to just open the window and grab it ... :))

Ran extension cord out to the van and hooked up battery charger.

Rotated pot White Feather hostas are in (they bend towards the light they have to be rotated every day or two) Need to mist/water seedlings. Still have not found grow light bulb.

Got Woman's car dropped off at local repair shop, told them to do an oil change on it as well as the front wheel bearing and front coil springs. Hopefully get that back all done tomorrow.

Woman came home yesterday and immediately started sneezing like crazy, said she really doesn't feel bad though. I had some of that sneezing this afternoon, suspect it's mainly related to dry air/dust/cat hair/debris. She's set to get a home COVID test from a friend tomorrow.

Heard from relative last night, her (other) son has COVID apparently (not the one that got dispatched to the hospital for a job right before Christmas) Has congestion and sore throat, doctor thought it might be strep but he tested negative for that. So then they tested him for COVID and it came back positive. So far everyone else in his immediate family is ok.

Woman's buddy from up the street spent about 6 - 8 hours today while they tried to find a hospital with beds available where her husband could be admitted. He has circulatory problems in his legs and feet and has a foot infection that is worsening. They finally found 1 bed available at Akron General.

Got in a number of episodes of The Expanse last night, have it made into Season 3. Probably catch some more of that tonight ... although PBS Frontline tonight will cut it short.

Hope everyone had a great day ... (y)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #143,474  
I am SE of parkway less than one mile one way 1/2 mile west of me other way. Botetourt County expensive on taxes, Floyd.,Franklin not too bad Craig very reasonable Montgomery high taxes. Hope this helps

Thanks for info. Surprised botetourt would be high.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #143,475  
SWVa is a great place to live. I was born and raised here 68 years ago. Never ventured very far one county over so where I was born I still call home
I couldn't agree more. We looked in 8 different states for over 5 years till we found our home not too far from Buppies. This is truly God's country, as rural as you want, and low taxes and cost of living.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #143,476  
I am SE of parkway less than one mile one way 1/2 mile west of me other way. Botetourt County expensive on taxes, Floyd.,Franklin not too bad Craig very reasonable Montgomery high taxes. Hope this helps
Floyd real estate prices seem high for what you actually get.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #143,478  
Wife & I lived in Va all our life, 67 her, 69 me.
What ruined our area was LU (Liberty University) & people not acclimating. They leave NY, CA, etc., move here bringing their ideas with them.
Well Fuddy... it's a big world out there buddy. ;)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #143,479  
We had another day of new covid cases over a thousand in the county and my wife noticed the grocery store shelves were getting empty. Is this shortage local or is occurring elsewhere? Don't know for sure if it was the teens˚F weather over the weekend and thoughts of last year's freeze or the highest covid count since the start of the pandemic.

The garden did not like the freeze, don't know how much I'll be able to salvage. Even the beets I covered froze.
 
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