Update: Our power is finally back!

We had to leave our house yesterday because it was getting dangerously cold for people and kittens.

(I also scalded the hell out of my hand trying to fill up hot water bottles in the dark, but that's another story... I"m mostly fine.)

There's a huge number of downed trees all over the place, so we're lucky that our stuff wasn't damaged. Some people are still without power...

Unfortunately we're expecting freezing rain tonight, but the temps are coming up a bit and the worst of it is hopefully over, especially if our power stays.

But anyway, we're safe and back home now and things are gradually heating up.

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 15:34 Emmet O'Neill <emmetoneill.pdx@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey all, I'm not gonna be able to make this week's meeting. Sorry...

Portland was hit with a bad winter storm this weekend and a huge number of people, my family included, are without power. (Lots of trees, freezing weather and above ground power lines are a bad mix.)

To make matters worse it's been as low as 12f (-11c) outside and without power to heat our house for 32+ hours now, we're facing temps of 40f (4.4c) indoors!
That's abnormally cold for us...

Anyway, we're all safe for now and hoping that power is back on soon, but it's been a pretty rough weekend huddling and sleeping by the fireplace. Just a heads up for you all while I can connect.
Emmet