Bathing in pool - impact?

[AnnaK]

Good idea but now moot. The power came back on last evening, two days ahead of their anticipated schedule. I'm drinking "real" coffee instead of the brew produced by the old camping stove percolator.

Running the siphon hose downhill from the pool produced some very hot water these past few days. I was surprised how quickly the sun heated the water in the black hoses. No wonder people use solar heat!

I'm phasing in the various appliances and pumps slowly. The well pump and house chlorination system got turned back on last night on their breakers, as did the two freezers. This morning I plugged in the fridge/freezer and as soon as it's cold I'll move the perishables back in from the RV. We lost about $150 worth of condiments, the sort of stuff that collects in the door shelves of the fridge that you forget about after a while. It was mostly all way past its use-by date anyway.

Today I'll bleach the pool, will brush it, and run the pump for a few hours. Most of the leaves got scooped out and the water is still clear despite not having been filtered since Sunday. BBB rocks!

I've never been in such an extended power outage and I learned a lot, much of it having to do with self-reliance, creative improvisations, and must-have items during a power outage. It's been interesting.

[CarlD]

"We lost about $150 worth of condiments, the sort of stuff that collects in the door shelves of the fridge that you forget about after a while. It was mostly all way past its use-by date anyway. "

I saw this and nearly spewed my drink all over my screen!

Sounds like the silver lining of the cloud!