Here is the update of this storm that hit us very hard over the weekend.
Many are still without power and seeking shelter.
People are careless with the generator as more people are succumbed to carbon monoxide.
One had it in the garage,a no,no.
It should be outdoor.
Or have a professional do it.
Also the sad news that many had them stolen from their house.
This is bad,Crime rate is climbing up.
They are also breaking in the homes.
Where most people are at the shelter.
How sad it his.
Blame it on the economy.Things are very tough.
They are making progress.
A small storm is heading our way in the form of snow.
What a year this has been for us in the state of NH.
Here is a highlight of whats going on.



Life on an electrical umbilicus, as more than a half-million New Hampshire residents learned soon after freezing rain began to fall last Thursday, is fragile. The ice storm greatly surpassed the devastation caused by a similar storm in 1998 because it was far more widespread. It affected urban residents as well as those who live at high elevations or far down tree-lined dirt roads. Virtually no New Hampshire community was spared. Hotels and motels were full from New Hampshire's North Country to Boston and beyond.

As of yesterday evening, a neighborhood just blocks from the State House had been without power for four days. Half the residents left, half stuck it out with the help of generators and electrician friends with the know-how to safely hotwire their furnaces to them.

As always during major power outages, the region's supply of portable generators sold out almost instantly. As always, some people forced to do without will make sure they won't be de-powered by the next storm. Others will be like the proverbial Yankee who didn't fix his leaking roof because it was raining and didn't fix it when the rain stopped because it had stopped leaking.

Power was still off in much of New Hampshire last night. Some places that had power during the storm began losing it, perhaps from winds that brought down damaged limbs. At higher elevations, particularly in towns west of Concord, an inch or more of ice coated every surface and made walking a dangerous exercise in frustration.

Almost miraculously, only one New Hampshire death has been attributed to the storm, that of a Danville man who blocked the exhaust vent of a generator in his RV, but several people were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. Given the use of candles and all manner of jury-rigged heating devices, there were relatively few house fires. Statewide, the Red Cross opened 56 emergency shelters which, at their peak on Saturday, housed more than 1,300 people. Among them was the community center on Green Street where a score of people slept on cots.

Every big storm spawns tales of kindness and generosity. This one was no different. It's too soon for most of those to surface. Disaster workers and volunteers are still at their posts. But a few stories can be told.

Shelters had frequent visits from people who dropped off food and other supplies. Companies pitched in too, but no list of donors has yet been compiled. Honey Dew Donuts brought free coffee and donuts to the Green Street center, and Concord's Common Man restaurant provided dinners for shelter residents every evening.

A state official shared another story about the Common Man chain, which is owned by Alex Ray, a man with a well-earned reputation for generosity. When some weary Red Cross workers tried to pay for their dinner at one of his restaurants with a Red Cross credit card, the waitress took it, then came back a moment later and said the meal was on the house.

Official winter has not yet begun. There will be more storms and more house fires, in addition to the plight of the growing number of people made homeless by the economy. The ice storm left the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund badly depleted. So if you can afford it, in the spirit of The Common Man, send a check to the fund at 2 Maitland St., Concord 03301, call 800-RedCross or donate online at redcross.org.