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as much as 12 hour stretches, with poles snapped off and wires falling. One lineman estimated it would take two weeks to completely repair all damage to lines.
“Traffic was congested as autos, trucks, and tractor-trailers were stranded on hills.
“Though winds" were high, temperatures were hardly below freezing.
“School was dismissed at noon Monday and remained closed for the week. People with oil heaters which did not require electricity, shared their homes with others and families cooked where friends had gas stoves.
“No matter how dire the circumstances, there is always humor to be found in the situation. One family that had a very modern house couldn’t open any tin ckns of food because the only can-opener was electric.
“A gentleman who hates overshoes was seen going up the street with a blue plastic laundry bag on one foot and a white one on the other.”
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