communities under snow and cold
the evening of the 05th January of this new year in the district Estrup flickered the lights. The voltage sagged significantly, the heaters failed, not cordless phones worked. The call to the power company via the phone charged just barely revealed that it will promptly deal with the problem. And actually stood in front after a short time two service vehicles the triggering transformer pole. After an hour of work the blown fuse in 8 meters in freezing minus 14 degrees was changed, the lights went on again and the heater gave off again the creature comforts. Spontaneous relief and gratitude for the quick "rescue" was reflected in a very firm handshake in parting of the fitters.
went much to me in this situation through his mind: How could 30 years ago? Have you prepared for extended power outage? Should I still quickly get an emergency generator for heating. Where exactly is the old phone line? Do you have enough food in reserve? The car is fueled and equipped with blankets, if you get stuck on the road. Sufficiently we could read in the media these days and see what it's all lacked the 1978-79 and it is better to do some screening.
I noticed, however, also something quite different than I thought back thirty years.
I was then a Navy helicopter pilot and flew over the disaster rescue operations. On the evening of 03/01/1979 LtCdr received. Roger St. Bishop, a British pilot in the Royal Navy, and I use contract for a flight from Kiel to Husbyfeld. We should then hold a person in need. The night was absolutely dark. The power went out. On the ground were no lights, which made it easier to navigate. In Closer to the target coordinates, we took advantage of the firelight. Four burning straw bales, which had positioned the farmer servants pondering them in our orientation. Great class! They were in the square far enough apart so that we could land right into it. During descent, against the wind to land, the downwash of the rotor, the snow whirled up among us, so we had about 50 meters from the ground no longer cared and just flying by instruments, almost blind deposed at the landing point.
The snow swirls lay down and we were able to perceive the environment. The Abbrandfunken the left are swept us from straw bale driven by the rotor wind, away from the helicopter on the wall of perhaps 20 feet away house to fly up on the wall, right under the thatched roof edges. Nothing caught fire. With the bow, I lit up the sector advance. Far enough was the next bend. When I had beamed the spotlight in such Zweiuhrposition, appeared on the lattice, the close and highly migratory beam could recognize them, the power lines that ran over us left behind. We were sidestepped probably very close to or under a further disaster. In aviation there is a "knack": If you start to fly, then you get two bags down in the hand. One is filled to the brim with happiness and the other for the experience is empty. One can only hope then, when the bag is full of experience and you stop flying, then the happiness that bag is not quite empty.
you prepare, on the potential in our rural areas, winter problems and think with them when they should be self-sufficient. Helped us forever! Please remember, however, that the municipalities will seek to ensure the winter, but during snow removal and spreading the same time can be anywhere. For the county and state roads, the road maintenance responsibility to which the municipalities have no way influence!
Klaus Hambach
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