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Yoo-hoo @SilleeMee

dancingwoman — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:58:53 GMT

@SilleeMee Hope you are doing ok. I read a lot in your area are still w/o electricity... Hope yours went back on. Very cold here this morning... DW

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:01:33 GMT

@SilleeMee Sending you warmth and comfort...looking forward to you checking in.

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geezerette — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:09:37 GMT

@SilleeMee

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KingstonsMom — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:17:44 GMT

@geezerette

So adorable!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:52:10 GMT

@dancingwoman I heard it was going to be a mite chilly in your area this morning. A lot of Northern NM is without power today. Rural areas, poles down everywhere.

Hope @SilleeMee has her lights on.

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dancingwoman — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:26:35 GMT

@Kachina624 It was 9° this morning. Actually warmer than a few days ago at 2°. DH loves it. Ice fishing is one of his fav things to do in the wintertime.

I hope @SilleeMee has electricity back on too..most people need it for heat. We are lucky with the wood stove to keep us warm. I read there are still over 10,000 still w/o electricity where she lives. DW

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Kachina624 — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:32:28 GMT

@dancingwoman Ice fishing makes me cold just thinking about it. Does he catch much? Trout? My dad was a huge fly fisherman. I still.have all of his tackle.

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dancingwoman — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:40:45 GMT

@Kachina624 Yes last year he did catch a fair amount of fish. He mostly does catch and release. All other times of the year he fly fishes.

He says he likes ice fishing because if it gets too windy sitting or standing on one side of the hole he just goes around to the other side.. He has a hut he uses on really windy or nasty days.

DH has some of his grandfathers tackle and a few pieces of my dads.

Not what I enjoy too much anymore...when that ice starts to "talk" as DH puts it I get freaked out lol...DW

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Kachina624 — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:12:00 GMT

@dancingwoman My dad's childhood friend, who lived in Durango, fished in The Pine River (El Pino ?). He wouldn't eat fish from the Animas due to arsenic pollution from the mines. Where does your dh fish

I like to fish but not with flies and definitely not on ice. For years my grandparents and great grandparents had cabins on Grand Mesa and we fished in a rowboat on lakes up there. Kids had to row the boat. We'd catch a ton of trout; even had them for breakfast. Great memories.

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dancingwoman — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:28:33 GMT

@Kachina624 Another name for the Pine River is Los Pinos.. DH likes to fish at Groundhog Reservoir...Haviland..Molas and Vallecito and Lemon Reservoirs. Most places are so low now from the drought...even one of his most favs Lake Powell is very low....we need more snow...rain...whatever we can get...DW

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goldensrbest — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:22:21 GMT

I sure hope she is not still without power,have not seen her posting.

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dancingwoman — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:35:46 GMT

@goldensrbest I read last night that the power might not be restored till Saturday..I hope she is keeping warm...DW

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SilleeMee — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:26:06 GMT

Thank you everyone dearly for thinking about me.

Still no power here. Just had a friend drop off his gas generator so that's what I'm using to see this forum. Heaters are also plugged in but no fridge or hot water.

They say we'll get power restored by tomorrow. It has been a terribly cold and boring past 3 days. I'm so thankful that my friend is helping me out with his generator. These last 3 days have got me rethinking about the things I need to do around here to help me if this happens again. I'm thinking of getting a gas generator of my own. Plus a battery backup for my wi-fi router. I can get by for a few days with just those things. But after that I think I'll just have to check in to a hotel room...LOL!!

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Kachina624 — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:56:02 GMT

@SilleeMee Glad to hear you're okay. Maybe you ought to start watching those boring Halo presentations? I like the hotel option..... with room service.

Much of Northern NM is without power, including Taos. Everything closed including schools. Not much snow, just wind downing power poles.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:10:26 GMT

@Kachina624

Thank you!

This latest storm got me really thinking about how really vulnerable the power grid is all over the place. Couple that with the aging infrastructure and that spells disaster on so many levels. After being w/o power for almost 4 days, I just cannot trust our utility company with providing us with reliable power. I have done some serious thinking about what it's going to take to keep me safe in the future which doesn't involve the city utilities. Going to invest in generator of some kind and also a large battery backup for my electronics (router + laptop). I need those to stay connected and to stay warm plus save my pipes from freezing.

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dancingwoman — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:22:21 GMT

@SilleeMee Well glad to hear you are OK. Yep that was one heck of a storm.. I thought we had 40mph winds but the paper said in our area we were 80mph. Only problem we had is a bench blown over by our pond and a tarp blown off one of our wood piles.

We were lucky our power stayed on...but...a few thousand in town had no power for over 24 hours.

@Kachina624 We were in northern NM today shopping..no Lowe's...Sams...Holly Lobby...Harbor Freight...or beer supply stores in our little town so we go south about once a month.

Stay warm @SilleeMee ...take care...DW

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Kachina624 — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:28:32 GMT

@dancingwoman To Farmington? That's the only place that might have those stores.

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dancingwoman — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:29:24 GMT

@Kachina624 Yep that's it! DW

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dancingwoman — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:33:15 GMT

@Kachina624 Also on the way back by the Animas saw a bald headed eagle. Always amazed by those beautiful birds...DW

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Kachina624 — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 23:03:52 GMT

They seem to be everywhere nowadays. What a thrill it is to see one! They say they're in our Bosque by the river but the only ones I've personally seen were in Colorado and Alaska.