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Unscathed after a noisy night of #StormEowyn here in western Ireland, but many local roads are blocked by trees, and we're not expecting the power and water to return for a couple of days based on past experience and the extent of disruption nationwide.
Now at 38 hours without power and water due to #StormEowyn, it appears service will take another 54 hours to resume, sigh. It's super nice to live in the countryside, but this will make 8 days without power and water since April.
Apparently restoring power and water to our area could now take until Feb 5 (!), so we'll be moving into a short term town rental for a while, and why have one landlord when you can have two? #StormEowyn
So on top of the lost power and water, we woke up to find our car had a very flat tyre, adding to the stress and drama. Thanks to the local chat group, a random guy soon came round in his van, repaired the tyre casually on the spot with a plug, and we were on our way. Almost cried with relief. A+ community!
When you're away from home with a kitten and you have to charge your critical devices...
#catsofmastodon
After 5½ days, our electricity supply has been restored! 
Water came back a day earlier, when a generator was set up at the local pump house that sends water uphill to the houses up here. Now to warm the house (8⁰C indoors is too cold), replace the fridge/freezer contents, and enjoy how luxurious simple normal life is. #StormEowyn
To accompany our restored utilities, we're getting this reminder of why we live in the countryside.
@sanityinc glad to see you back up and running
@sanityinc congratulations! I'm counting my blessings. 
@cms After the last big power cut (about 2 days) we sat down to a warm dinner with lights, heating and internet, and it felt like unimaginable decadence. So yeah. For this one, we're probably 1k out of pocket after binning all the food and renting backup accomodation, but we're also very fortunate that we can afford that.
@sanityinc nice! Comparing energy providers again?
@tastapod yeah, the sun is much more reliable than the electricity provider
@tastapod both have regular outages
@sanityinc at least with one you know when it will be back online.
@tastapod 20% of households in the local area are still without power, it's pretty wild
@sanityinc that’s nuts.