Six days without power,
And we survived! Kind of like camping, except this sucked. 
Major wind storms went through Kentucky last Friday, gusting up to 80 mph in our area. Power went out pretty much across the whole county. Ours just came back on this afternoon, with cell service and internet a little while later. They brought in electrical crews from other states. We saw one big truck and a trailer loaded with power poles, so assuming some of those had snapped. Cell towers down.
We were able to keep the fridge and freezer going on the generator. Had to take the microwave outside and plug directly into it. No hot water. Lucky we had the wood stove.
No restaurants either. The whole town a few miles away was shut down.
We were also lucky we only had three big trees come down, and the roof off one goat barn.
I read several books by flashlight at night. Still no live TV yet--satellite dish is wonked.
But, we did have the first of this year's baby goaties born earlier today. A beautiful set of twins. More to follow, with four other pregnant does all due.
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I love goats, they're just such funny, quirky animals. And the babies are adorable! 
And baby goat twins?
Pix, please?
It sounds awful, your ordeal. Glad you're back online & that you & yours are safe!
glad you managed thru and things can start getting back to normal
I'm not sure how this works, but we can text on our cells now, but still get the message--"Emergency Calls Only"--if we try to call someone.
My neighbor is having a whole house generator installed because he thinks there are going to be more and more power disruptions, whether from storms or deliberate sabotage of the electrical grid. We live in a new development where our power comes in underground and is less likely to be affected by wind taking down trees. This winter Duke deliberately instigated rolling blackouts without notifying anyone because of increased demand from temps in the single digits. They caught hell for it, but, apparently, that was enough for my neighbor.
Glad your power is back and the kids are doing well!
One girl is so huge she may even have triplets this time.
DU'ers get special pricing on weaned bucklings!
