The day after Halloween
the skies turned dark, the wind picked up and we are now in the middle of
another nor’easter. Not being a New
Englander myself, I am amazed at the duration of these storms. Storms in the south east run their course in
just a few hours. These nor’easters go
on for days! The storm blew rain horizontally
all day yesterday. Joanie went shopping
yesterday then we went to Mass and there was no let up.
Temperature dropped to 38º last night and the wind rattled and banged the toppers all night
long. I got up once to check systems and
look out the windows as I can see two of the toppers from inside by shinning my
flashlight out the window – didn’t want to go out in the cold rain and wind.
The wind blew off our sign.
Like the last storm we kept the patio, door and window awnings rolled up
and put away. We purchased a heated
fresh water hose a few weeks ago and when the temperature is predicted to go
below 32º (tonight!) I will remove the old one and install the
heated hose. The bugger is expensive so
I don’t want it stolen or broken before we need it. We have heated the house with just one small
space heater (draws about 10 amps) and the forward heat pump and have been
quite comfortable. I keep the rear
thermostat set for LP furnace since it heats the wet bay as well as the rear of
the coach. If we were to lose shore power
while we are asleep the battery bank would run the furnace, keep us warm and
keep the tanks from freezing. Since we
have been camped in Massachusetts, neither furnace has come on. Tonight may be a different story.
The weather man predicted wet snow for western and central Massachusetts
today but I don’t think it will get cold enough to stick.
Denver plays New England today in Foxboro and the storm is predicted to
keep things interesting. Of course I
would not show any favoritism myself (especially in this state or to the Texans
parked next to us) but I will be pulling for Peyton Manning and Denver. IMHO, Peyton is a much better QB than Tom
Brady. Peyton’s work ethic is
superlative and his character exceeds Brady’s. Both are Hall of Famers. Good football!
Some wet snow flakes are now falling – time to
get my second cup of coffee and dunk my apple cider doughnut.
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