For my friends in New England, especially northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, my heart goes out to you... I do feel your pain.
The photos to the right were taken in January of 2005 just six weeks or so from when we packed up and moved to southwest Florida! And yes, that's me on the ladder - again, and for the last time! - hacking the snow and ice dams off the roof. The second story is the real trick! The picture was taken in Andover, MA.
In the past few days I have spoken to clients in Salem, NH who just got power back after five days. Today I spoke with a collegue a little further north and they are still without power and don't know when it's likely to return.
They share generators in the neighborhood to keep the homes from freezing (you can do that with oil-fired furnace and hot water recirculators easily) and keep food in the refrigerator from spoiling.
Many homes in these area have deep wells for fresh water that run on 220v and the little generators just will not do it. I'm told of lines at the local gym not for the equipment but to take a shower and the "facility"!
They may be looking at blizzard this weekend on top of all that!
Best of luck to everyone in that affected area.
