power outage + storm damage

the storm caused a regional power failure and the power was out at la for quite a bit of time -- this outage caused the water supply pumps to shut down and the water supply at la failed -- this can create a few problems for the members

if you didn't do the following you may have problems

if you didn't shut off your water hydrant and you don't have a back flow check valve on your supply line your water may have been siphoned out when the community water system failed and if you didn't shut off the electric to your hot water tank you may have burned out the tank heating element

the heating elements can be changed by a appliance repairman or a rv service man -- this is much cheaper than a new tank

when you have this done you should have a in line back flow check valve installed on your water supply line -- also at this service call have a in line pressure valve installed-- some are both a back flow valve and a pressure valve in combination

power loss also can cause you food in your freezer to spoil -- ice cream is particularly affected by this but others may have defrosted -- so you will have to decide what to do in this case

none of these utility failures were the fault of la and in no way was la negligent -- this was an unusual weather event that cause a regional problem for everyone through out the pocono mountain region

hope everything works out for you -- i know how it feels since i have had all the above happen to me -- not good!!

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