Taieri farmer Josh Adam is feeling thankful for his father’s foresight.<\/p>\n
His dairy farm has been out of power since 5.50pm on Thursday when a massive storm brought down trees and cut electricity to thousands in the South.<\/p>\n
Luckily his father James Adam bought a generator about two years ago and they were able to plug it into their cow shed and carry on milking.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018We were able to milk twice a day, we were lucky,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
The generator also helped keep their milk chilled.<\/p>\n
Another farmer in the area was also able to borrow the generator to milk his cows on Friday.<\/p>\n
It would have been \u2018\u2018hard work\u2019\u2019 if they did not have the generator, Mr Adam said.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018We wouldn\u2019t have been able to milk the cows and that wouldn\u2019t have been much fun.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
In Lawrence, Sam and Matt Cook were conducting business out of their parents Night ‘n Day without any power making cash only sales.<\/p>\n
They could not offer any hot food or coffee as they had been out of power since 1pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018We\u2019ve had to get rid of all our ice cream,\u2019\u2019 Sam said.<\/p>\n
The boys believed it would be days before power would be restored in their area.<\/p>\n
They also had to reduce their trading hours to only when there was day light so they could actually see their customers.<\/p>\n
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