Accidentally Unprepared

after a couple hours 

Happy 420 friends! Today some will celebrate Easter and some will celebrate cannabis. Either is fine with me, however I wish people wouldn't wish me a happy Easter, but they thought of me. Today I am grateful. We, the animals and I, endured a surprise winter storm. The only one this winter. The winter has been dry and windy and cold. It's been an odd one. I wasn't prepared for a storm so I don't have much wood cut up. My solar power went out due to being covered in snow, and my electric heater. I got at least 8 inches, if not more, of heavy wet snow. I was told later that we got over a foot of snow. Visibility was zero. The fence was filled with snow. The snow lasted longer than expected by the weather people. My chimney had blown off and I didn't want to make a fire for fear of smoking us out. After losing power from using my heater, I put on a bunch of clothes and grabbed a blanket. I waited for the power to come back on and tried to make tea on my electric burner. Power went off again. The wind was calming down a little so I decided to start a fire. I had to, the bus was uncomfortable and it was only going to get colder since the sun was going down. I started a small fire to warm up the stove and make sure it wasn't going to leak. Then I just added a piece of wood at a time. I'm happy to report that it worked and we didn't have blowback or other problems. The storm lasted about 3 days, if you count the wind that arrived early. The snow lasted about 15 hours. It reminded me that I need to stay ready, and I need to get a backup for heat. People on the grid lost power for longer than I did. Now the snow is practically gone, and hopefully that means that spring starts tomorrow. Much love, Ceeeej