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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.

This is what peak recharging performance looks like
#StormEowyn

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

@sanityinc lovely

@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.