RV Park power back on. Only one person knew about it, the rest had generators hooked up. I knocked on all the doors and let everyone know that they can hook back up to the pedestals. Some of the oilfield workers have big welding units on their trucks, they were all plugged into their generators. Still, it isn't the same having a generator versus having the power online. You are limited in what you can run and if you have 2 ac's, you're definitely only going to be able to run one of them.
I saw the notification this morning and rushed over there to verify the power is on. I don't want to turn away any more business having to tell people we are dead in the water.
I went so far as to do a short advertisement in the gossip group. I have avoided posting in there because of all of the negative-Nancy's that find a way to sour anything that's going on. Some people just can't resist to continuously bash businesses for "bad" service or other people. But, I felt it prudent to go ahead and say something about it since other parks may still be offline. If someone wants to hook up and cool down, that's what they can do at my place!
A giant crew of line workers came in yesterday from Appalachian Power in West Virginia. They are rocking it, they are all over the place getting power restored everywhere. I don't know where these people are all staying, unless they got the hotels back online, there is nothing but hot hotel rooms available in this town. I suspect they may have prioritized getting those businesses back up and running. I wouldn't want to be working out in this heat and come home to a hot room. That would suck royally.
Our house is, of course, still down. I am really hoping today is the end of it, but I filled the generators back up anyway. I have one more 5 gallon can filled with gas before I have to go out and start looking for fuel again - but - the entire street which is also a state highway near my house is now back online. That's 5 gas stations back up and running, thankfully. I'm thinking that so many people have their power back on now, the quest to find gasoline won't be too bad.
At the same time, I don't want to buy another 12 gallons of fuel to keep generators running if they are going to get us going. They have to be getting close, our neighborhood is close to so many businesses and houses that have their power restored. Im just really happy the park is back online. People that might have been thinking of leaving for greener pastures can now just sit their - well anyway, stick around. I've got 6 spots available. I need them filled up.
I'm thankful we have generators, but this whole thing is getting a bit exasperrating.
Well, no great plans today. The shed needs finished but I couldn't do the rest of that alone even if I wanted to. It's all ceiling stuff now and you have to have either a specialized piece of equipment to put and hold the sheets in place or you have to have 2 people holding it up and trying to screw it in. It may very well sit until next weekend, but I'm okay with that. I think next week I'm going to go in and get my medical certificate for truck driving renewed.
It's still 25 days off, maybe I'll wait until the beginning of July now that I think of it. Usually, you wait until it's very close to forcing you to have to renew it or lose your driving privileges. It's just that it's 2 years of certification and you might as well get your full 2 year's worth out of the current certification before getting recertified.
Ok, I'm just sitting in my room and quite a bit relieved that the power is back on over there. I don't know if I'll get more people in or not any time soon, but at least I don't have to worry about losing current long term because of the idea that I don't have power, but someone else may.
I might write a bit more later. The house is quiet, I'm assuming the kids are being forced to stay silent while Taylor is sleeping, they have all been sleeping in their bedroom since the kid's bedroom is hot.
Just like to take advantage of the peace and quiet, lol.
