>>>> One thing is that most of the time in the winter if the power does go out there is usually snow which, while you don't want a horse to rely on snow for water at least they have something should the power be out for a while. And as Wanda says - they do work quickly to get the power back on.
That's a big difference here - our biggest risk of long power outages is during ice storms, which are more common here than big snowstorms. (I don't think we've ever lost power due to snow alone.) As for working quickly to get the power back - heck, they'd have to, at least in Wanda's neck of the woods! When it gets to -45 degrees, life hangs in the balance without heat! When we lose power, we're most likely hovering around +25 to +32F - cold for us, but not so life-threatening. When we get precipitation and it's colder than that (pretty rare, but it happens) it's likely to be snow...and the power typically stays on during snow. BTW, Wanda, Cary and I were talking about that the other night. What do you heat with, and what do you folks on the tundra have for backup heat? We have a propane gas furnace downstairs and an electric heat pump upstairs. Even the gas furnace is pretty worthless without power to operate the controls and the circulating fan. We now have propane gas logs in the den, plus a wood stove in the basement - we can open the basement door and get a decent amount of heat to the main floor. We can also cook on top of the woodstove if we have to - at least we can make coffee and soup. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.28/1123 - Release Date: 11/10/2007 3:47 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
