I've had the same issue here in Calif. most recently when a transformer blew. My low air loss bed didn't loose any air. I have an eggcreat. under it and a thick plastic mat from a previous beb between the springs and eggcreate. power was out for three hours, I took a nice nap.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:11 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a huge storm 2 nights ago. 5 minutes after I go to bed, a big crack > and power goes out. It was a "micro burst". We get these small, but > powerful wind bursts. Knocked over 5 or 6 power poles, lots of trees, some > tipped over with the root ball, others split in half. > I use a circulating air mattress so the motor goes out. I can't lay long > on the wrinkled up plastic. So I had to get up. > Luckily earlier that week, I was thinking what would I do if the motor > burned up. So I bought a 6 inch thick memory foam mattress, tat I could use > in a pinch. It arrived earlier that day. > My bed is too tall for my lift if I leave it under my regular mattress, so > it was still wrapped up in the garage. I had to get up and switch them. > But going to bed with no TV or light of any kind. It's is hard for me. So > I turned my Kindle on. Luckily it was only out for 4 hours. Others were out > more than 24 hours. > I'd go to a hotel if my power was out that long. > Greg > >
