1) We lost power Saturday afternoon at a little before two P.M., and have not gotten it back yet.
2) We have no heat.
3) We minimize opening and closing the doors. It was in the mid-twenties F (-4.4 C) last night, which presented an opportunity for my brother to use his brand new cold duty sleeping bag. He loves it!
4) New York State Electric and Gas changed their message from "We are aware of an electricity outage in your area affecting 507 customer(s). The estimated restoration time is
unknown."
to
"We are aware of an electricity outage in your area affecting 1,044 customer(s). The estimated restoration time is
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at
11:00 P.M."
However, my sister just saw a truck and some men working on our road, and said we
may get power back tonight.
5) I have been using my Pelican 2440 for around the house duty, and special Malkoff "blackout model" running in an orange Mag 6D, a pleasant XP-G R4 5C. My mom has another black Mag 6D with a twin of that one, running an XP-G R4 5B. I find the 5B too cold and clinical, but like my 5C tremendously.
6) The sole 18650 that doesn't need to be replaced in my collection is charging in my Pila IBC as I type this in my local library. It lives in my gunga-modded L-Mini II with unknown efficiency bin XP-E 5C. My camera battery just finished charging, and I have some Eneloops charging in the famed Duracell Mobile charger, though I think it missed the termination signal on one of the cells (that, or the cell is bad).
7) I brought a surge protector/power strip, and the other patrons at the library love me.
8) The library is packed with people without power and heat.
9) I've been using a 4D lantern modded with milkyspit candle circuit in the kitchen in addition to the two 6D lights with low current Malkoffs.
10) I wish I still had my two "AA" single mode Black Diamond Moonlight headlamp.
11) These past few days are proud days indeed to be a Flashoholic. Special thanks to Mr. Malkoff and Mr. Milky for their excellent work.
12) We have a fire going in the fireplace, though inhaling all that smoke isn't fun when it backs up into the house.
13) I've been wanting to get a ceiling bounce blackout lantern for some time, and this event has galvanized me to get it down before the next one hits. One Big Beam 1001 (still looking for one below retail), one Calb 60aH LiFe cell, one XP-G R4 5C, and one driver to push it at 800mA with a forward voltage of 3.299 volts. I should get about 75 hours out of it that way. At five hours a night, that's 15 days at 272 lumens!
That's all there is to report now...my belly is telling me it is time to go hunt for food!