Rob Meyer, Orchard Hill

"On Orchard Hill wires went down and we lost a lot of apple trees. We heated the house with the fireplace. We broke ice in our frog pond for toilet water. We did have water stored for drinking and washing."
 

Kim Houston, Cliffside Drive

"We lost power Saturday through Thursday evening. We had a generator, so we stayed. We had two large branches fall on our sunroom roof, but the roof will be fine. We had a lot of large trees fall down."

 
Frank Anderson, Littleton County Road

"Our power went back on Friday. It was great to have all the updates from the fire chief. It was a long tough week but we had a generator. The kids were crazy. We did have a candlelight dinner with friends. It was very ‘Gone with the Wind.'” 

Steve Smith and Ruth Lovett-Smith, Partridge Hill Road

"Our power came back on Friday at 5 p.m. We drove all the way to Maine to borrow a generator from my parents. We hooked it up and it didn’t work, so they came down and brought two more for us to try. We are definitely buying one this year."

 
Maddie Beckman, Whithington Lane

"We got power at my dad’s house back on Thursday, but my mom still doesn’t have any. We went to the shelter for lunch and dinner. Chef Paul [Correnty] was so great with donating his time. We also charged our stuff there and took showers. We didn’t sleep there. The ambulance service was also there and they were awesome!” 

Will Malloy, Craggs Road

"We lost power Saturday night around seven, so we ended up hanging out playing games with my friends. We played a ton of Monopoly and Connect Four. My dad [a lawyer who had to go to work] went to the Best Western in Concord. It was so cold I slept in jeans, mocs, and a hoodie."