PUYALLUP, Wash. -- The buzz of a chain saw cuts the silence in a dark neighborhood just west of Puyallup. It is music to the ears of people living here without power.
Melissa Kautzman and her family lost power yesterday afternoon. Since the house needs electricity for heat, the family of four and the dog were forced to move out and into their RV in the front yard.
"It's crazy how fast it dropped in the house," says Kautzman. "What was it a little bit ago, 43 degrees inside the house?"
Now they look forward to taking showers and pass the time with any board game they can find.
"Yahtzee...Upwords, dice. Were were up to 11 last night playing.
Two doors down Debbie Turver and her daughter are doing the only thing they can do after the sun goes down: pull out the flashlights and read. She says it's good family time but they admit to feeling a little bit disconnected.
"We noticed we want to internet something, one way or another," says Turver. "We don't know what the outside world is doing."
The cooler on the front porch holds all their food from the refrigerator but if crews don't get electricity flowing soon, there could be problems.
"My son is a hunter, so I have a freezer full of elk meat. I'm concerned about that," says Turver.
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