Another winter (or is that spring?) storm. Hard to believe that it has been snowing pretty much non-stop since last Wednesday night. A few hours of cloudy weather on Saturday and then the really bad stuff began this morning. 12 inches later, the forecast is for another 10 inches tonight and then 6 inches tomorrow. Certainly looks like we are going to be snowed in for most of the day on Monday.
No electricity since 5:00 PM and the generators kicked in just before it got dark. Vermont is a beautiful place to live...most of the time, but this is like living in a third world country. Actually, when I lived in Africa for those years just after undergraduate school, I think that I had better electric service in Tanzania than here. On average, we lose our power once a month, and then in the winter, it climbs to twice a month. All of this in a state which has one of the highest electricty rates in the country. Thanks again, Howard Dean. You did one heck of a job during the time that you were governor when your fiscal ineptness resulted in one of the worst tax structures in the US coupled with high utility and energy costs, a public eductation system which is mediocre at best and a business environment which borders on callousness.
The only silver lining in a day filled with shoveling, hauling wood and getting the generator ready waiting for the inevitable loss of power was seeing a big tom turkey picking away at the seed that I had placed on the ground below the bird feeder for the doves. Morning doves would prefer not to have to perch on the narrow edges of the feeder and usually leave that job to the 10 or 15 bluejays that swarm around the feeder during the day. As a result, each time that I fill the feeder, I make sure that I also leave seed on the ground, which attracts everything from a pair of giant ravens to both red and grey foxes most mornings and, of course, this afternoon's turkey.
The turkey was the bright spot to a long day and what looks like it will be a long night.
Time to refill the generators...
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posted by The Competitive Edge @ 6:32 PM
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