That stinks Matt... Good luck on getting everything back up and running again... We missed you... Keep us posted...

 

Are you finished with the room yet? What are you, union?








































There's nothing down here......made you look.

 

Darn i fell for it lol...

 

Sorry you had to go through all that Matt. Keep us updated as best you can.

 

Hey Matt, if it makes you feel anybetter we got about 6 inches of snow from this storm. Nice soft powder. So, i was going to take my snowmobile out for the first time...and she wouldnt start. I had it running a week ago and now it wont run. Im sure the carbs are plugged up. Great.

 

Thanks all,

We are safe, luckily we heat with wood, so we have heat, many are not that lucky. They have shelters open for those, but they are running out of space there. Ourbiggest concern is really water. Belive it or not, the fundamental source is running low. The water company announced on the radio that we have about a 2 day supply if we use it conservitively.

They are also telling everyone not to expect service til tuesday maybe wednseday.

The town is also out of kerosene, and gasoline is getting scarce. Many stations are out.

Tomarrow I've assemebeled a crew of volunteers we are going to grab the chainsaws and start clearing roads, what we can safely, so the utility crews can get through and do thier job. I had to move alot, drive over and through alot of down trees, limps and debris just to get around today. I'm sure lots of new scratches on the old truck now.

 

Keep up the good work Matt, not too many folks like you around these days.

 

Hey Matt...so glad to hear that you and your family are OK for tonight. I'll keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers.

 

Wow Matt, sorry to hear of your difficulties. I thought we had it bad but I guess it could be worse. We had a cold water pipe freeze up Friday night, got it thawed and everything's ok there. The worst was this morning, our power company had some issues and we ended up with a power spike that hit 142v then dropped down to 135v and stayed there for 2 minutes...we lost 2 surge protectors (stuff that was plugged in was fine) but our sub-woofer, which was plugged into the wall (my bad) is totaled.

 

I guess our cold weather in Las Vegas is nothing compared to other parts of the states... sorry guys, hope all turns out well...

 

That does suck Rose, I just happened to wake up 15 mins befor the power went out. Soon as it did I ran back and threw the main breaker so we dont get any spikes when it does come back on.

Well the winter storm is over now temps are juast dropping. It's 25 degrees right now expecting to hit zero tonight sub zero with wind chills. So far our county has not had any fatalities. We hope to contunue that trend but with folks with no power and sub zero temps I'm afraid we wont after tonight....

People here are pretty dependant they would rather huddle in blankets in thier own home, than go to a shelter.

Well just in for lunch, guess we'd better get back out ther and chainsaw some more. It's like an never ending battle, you clear road, look back and a tree has fallen across the road 100 yards behind you. It is dangerous, we have down power lines we are cutting around, we are trying to maintain communication with utilitlies to make sure we are not working around hot lines but the risk is there. Not to mention we are slipping around on a sheet of ice while stumbeling though tangeled branches with chainsaws in our hands abd hte risk of a tree falling on us. Any prayers for safety for me and these guys would be appreciated,

 

 

Matt, that really sucks dude. Hope you're doing ok and things get back to normal soon.


BREW

 

Sounds like extreme fun in my book. I would gladly trade places with you. We never get any good disasters around here. Yea I am a little crazy.

 

Well Matt, up north of you this is what we got...at least we didnt get the ice. Just snow and VERY cold temps...7 inches so far...

Heres a few shots from the back door. Nothing better than fresh powder on pine trees!!