Surviving the show storm.
Being retired has many advantages, one being the ability to travel, or in the case of snow, staying home to simply watch it snow. Safe and warm in the RV, not having to go anywhere or deal with driving in the snow.
Plenty of food and all the comforts. We had power outages before, moist are generally less than an hour. Once one for 6 hours last spring. Not too bad for 19 years of full time Rving.
BUT EVERYTHING CHANGED for this snow storm. This snow storm was forecast as 1-3 inches. What we got was 9-10 inches. Worse yet the snow was mixed with sleet, so every bit of snow stuck to everything. And I mean everything. Trees and power lines weighted down beyond the limits of what they could support. Numerous counties in Central Virginia experienced massive power outages. 70-85% of the households were out of power. It started Monday morning early. Starting at 8am the power was on and off 9 or 10 times (I lost count) and by 10am it was our for good. Expecting the power to be restored soon we waited unconcerned. As time went on the 25° weather was cooling things off. Using the coach batteries to run the fan blower for the rv propane furnace kept us nice and warm. Come Tuesday morning the power was still out, and the estimated time to restore power was Friday or Saturday. Problem: the coach batteries were half power after Monday night. And could not run all day Tuesday and make it through Tuesday night. Had to leave and gibto stay with family, 2 hours away. Drained the water out of the rv plumbing and the supply hose. Packed up left. Worried that not all the water would be drained and freeze. Night time temperature was 10-15° every night. Returned home Friday after power was restored. Felt really fortunate, no damage, no leaks. Thank goodness for the artic insulation package. The show was pretty, but having no power is not fun.
DRAINING THE RV WATER SYSTEM. Probably not the best solution, but you do what you have to. Disconnected water supply hose. Opened outside water faucet, opened hot and cold water faucets in the rv so the water would drain to the lowest point and empty the outside. Drained the hot water tank after turned off the electric and propane elements. No guarantee this would absolutely work... But it did.
Thankful that there was no damage to anything.
MOTHER NATURE... NO MORE POWER OUTAGES! THANK YOU!
DRAINING THE RV WATER SYSTEM. Probably not the best solution, but you do what you have to. Disconnected water supply hose. Opened outside water faucet, opened hot and cold water faucets in the rv so the water would drain to the lowest point and empty the outside. Drained the hot water tank after turned off the electric and propane elements. No guarantee this would absolutely work... But it did.
Thankful that there was no damage to anything.
MOTHER NATURE... NO MORE POWER OUTAGES! THANK YOU!
