Karyn
I hope your power comes back on real soon, & that you have a Wonderful New Year, bundle up stay warm, I am sorry
that you are having so many problems
Elizabeth

I was just sitting down and taking a break from washing kitchen cabinets down and I seen your post. The 1st thing I thought of oh SH%T the GH. Wow that is awful Did you call the electric company. No backup propane/kerosene heater? Oh sending postive vibes your way.....

The plastic blew off one side of my porch this am. 50 - 60 mph winds, they gotta be kidding! I guess when Bob gets home this weekend, he will have to put a third layer over the top & hope it holds better. Things were actually starting to look better after the last time & then this happened.

Linda

Karyn and Linda,
Doing my best to send warm thoughts to ya'll.
Stay warm and hang in there!
Hang on with that wind!
Dorothy

Oh NO :-( I hope this is IT! Leaving all the bad luck behind in the last few hours of this bad bad year grrrrrr
Please let us know as soon as you can that you got your power back and that you and the family are ok!

If I could, I would send you some texas sun. It is another pretty day.

a WARM hug
Lucy

Oh no! Im so sorry to hear that Karyn, I hope you get your
power back on really soon. Do you have a fireplace to get
some extra heat going?
Linda Im sorry to hear your plastic blew off, we had some
strong winds go through last night too, we had a few days
that were nice, now it`s supposed to get in the teens!
Sending good thoughts your way,
Karen

Karyn... so sorry to hear about your new weather problems. You really need to move the whole operation to Florida, and stop putting up with that bs. You know you want to. I hope everything works out for your plants... and you and your family.

Bob

Hey Bob, got an extra room?

Linda

Bless you'll!
I will pray for you
both,I lost my plants
like that one year
very,very heartbreaking.
Don't give up girls!
I have been watching
the news about the
horriable winter some
of you are haven,I
tell my Hubby it's so
sad,some of you have
no power,heat or nothing
I worry for the elders
there who have to fend
for there selves! Know
that my prayers and
thoughts are with you
all! Happy New Year!
Susan

I sure hope you get you power restored soon Karyn. That could be disasterous on your plants in your greenhouse. I always worry so much about that happening here. I could not afford to replace everything. Good luck!

Linda, those dawg gone winds! We get them so terribly awful here too. It's so destructive on everything outside. I hope you are able to get your plastic back in place.

~Tj~

It got much worse. Still no power. My laptop battery died right after I posted this thread. I'm now at a Marriott so at least I'm warm and have electricty now. Read the new thread I just posted for a good laugh, or cry. lol

Bob we almost moved to FL 5 years ago. We had an agent showing us homes in Weston and DH was working with a headhunter and then I found out that I was pregnant again. I just couldn't move so far away from family and friends with a new baby. Now my older kids are settled in high school and middle school and don't want to move. Besides that we'd have had to put them in private school in FL. Even though the public school system is improving there it's far behind Montgomery County schools.

You gotta get a propane heater. My Mr. Buddy is saving me from just those worries. We had an ice storm about 4 or 5 years back and I lost everything, I almost gave up on gardening, My poor fish dyed and I put the milk on my front steps to keep it cold because we lost power for a week. I LEARNED my Lesson. I really am glad you are getting warm at the hotel. I hope you dont loss much more in the GH. Brandy STAY WARMMM!!

Karyn, I was just going to tell you that you should take Bob up on his offer and move to FL. It sounds as if you would be much happier there. I do understand about your children though. Darn, you are going to have to come up with a workable solution between Mother Nature and your electricity. I also think Murphy has followed you around now long enough!!!!
Best wishes for better things to come your way.
Joyce

I'm up checking the porch temp (40). It's 14 outside & I'm tired of the wind blowing it loose. Thank God it didn't come all the way off. I heard a huge gust of wind this morning before I was up & then things blowing around on the porch. The temp in my bedroom over the porch dropped 8 degrees in about 5 minutes. DH's oldest DS was here so I sent him & my DS out to fix it (lots of complaining from mine). It blew both layers loose up one side & part of the top. Warm weather, where are you when I need you?

Linda

So sorry Karyn and Linda for the weather messing with your GHs and plants. Hopefully warmth will soon be here! We supposedly are expecting the coldest winter ever or in a long time, and of course we get the Santa Anas that send palm tree fronds down from about 150 feet, whirling like helicopters. I make sure I put my car in the garage and try to stay inside when we get those high winds. I am already cold just writing about this.

Hang in there, Karyn...Girrrll, I KNOW that you're happy
to be in a warm place. During this time of year, we often
have a power outage down here with the ice storms. It
most often melts fast, however, still NOT A GOOD THING! I
hope that everything is restored real soon for you.
Margaret

So sorry you and Linda are having to deal with this crap. May it be a better year this year for us all.

Karyn

Sorry to hear of your power failure! Hopefully it will be restored soon & you'll be able to go home! Keep us updated! And if you need anything - don't hesitate to let us know!

Mike