Posted by ohfred on January 14, 2009 at 09:47:45 from (216.158.74.30):
In Reply to: Blizzard of '77 posted by geo in MI on January 14, 2009 at 07:25:26:
My memories of the blizzard were of 78 here in southern Ohio. Things were okay as we had food and fuel but, the furnace motor had to act up and it would get hot and stall out. I would take it off and disassemble it and oil the bronze/carbon bushings and it would work again for several hours. I stayed up all night as the furnace watch.
During the days after the blizzard, people started calling to get their water pipes thawed out with the portable welder. One place I was thawing pipes down in the basement of a local bar....and I looked up in the overhead and spotted a rat who had been biting through a romex electric line and it was hot and there was nothing left but his skeleton there with his teeth imbedded in the wire. The half brothers were worried about their Dad as he lived by himself so, I took them out to his place when the roads were plowed good enough. I remember his words exactly as he met us on his front porch..." Aw Bub...there won't be no dog pe*ker gnats out here today!" But that was old RL, he didn't worry about too much....and always had something smart to say. ohfred
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