Grumpy, are you staying warm?

[Grumpy Goat]

Not having water is a bummer. But at least you have heat - all electric? Or gas + electric? I lived in an all electric house in Beaumont when an ice storm blew through many years ago and knocked down lots and lots of electrical service. No heat is bad!

It's been cold here in Colorado, not as cold as Iowa (Lee) though. But things here are made to handle that, as opposed to Texas. In particular, Boulder County does an outstanding job of keeping the roads in good condition, the plows come out en force right away, laying down the salt and the gravel. It gets the cars dirty! But we don't slide off the roads.

Stay warm. And hydrated? Hope you get your water back soon. BTW, does it feel like you are back in Canada?

Not at all aside from the wintry weather. In Canada there are no burst pipes and roads are always ploughed / salted etc. And there are no blackouts either. We just have to deal with winter as a matter of course and have fun with our snowmobiles, snowblowers and what not.

We did lose power for about 11 hours starting about 9 AM today so that on top of the water loss. But the power came back and the water pipe is fixed now at a cost of $480. I need to switch my profession ... engineering is for poor people ...