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[Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM, <sgian AT netscape.com> wrote:

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> Better, thinks I, is a personal economy that uses electricity but does not
> utterly depend on it.  We've had some practice at this being on the grid of
> the 3rd World Electric Co. Inc (American Electric Power).  In the month of
> December we were completely without power a total of 16 days.  The rest of
> the months have been an improvement but every little squall and thunderstorm
> puts us without power typically for 24 hours at a time.
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We, too, have 3rd World Electric Co., and were without power 9 days last
December. I almost feel guilty that we had the extra week that you did not.
We refilled the tub whenever the elec. came back on. between storms. Kept
the wood stove going, kept boiling water. It became a way of life--and then,
by some miracle of nature, winter gave up and spring arrived. You probably
lose elec, like we do, even in the summer on a day without any weather of
any kind. That's the worse insult, if you ask us.

lkvp
just up the road in sw VA

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