Lessons you will learn living in a snowy place
1. In the first really heavy winter storm of the year, your power might go off. This is understandable but you do have to think about it beforehand. 2. If the power’s been off for a while, like, over 24 hours, and then suddenly it comes back on for a few minutes, and then it immediately goes out again – you might understandably believe that that means that the power company is about to restore your electricity, and there was a hiccup but it’s about to come back on for real. Unfortunately, nothing in this life is knowable. 3. The instruction manuals for things – cars, snowblowers, wood stoves, etc – often have useful information about using the thing. A surprising number of my peers don’t realize this. 4. You have a lot of batteries, flashlights, shelf stable food, warm…
