The power went "out," probably on some prolonged romantic date. Now that she's back at my house, I hope whomever else she went out with had a really good time!
You might be thinking "big deal, you went without power" (waugh, waugh).
Meanwhile, our state governor declared Washington in a "state of emergency." Even the dialysis centers are still without electricity -- which causes me to wonder: Why in heck (when people depend on such facilities for saving their lives) do those kidney centers NOT have generators?
Personally? My spouse and I were prepared. Our emergency back-up plan involved saving the indoor fish by pouring warm water that we heated on Bunsen burners into their tank to aerate it and keep the fish warm. Our back porch is equipped with enough survival equipment folks could assume we're military retirees.
Any local gas station that's actually had a back-up source of power has undoubtedly benefited by the long lines of motorists waiting for fuel. My husband (a mechanic) said some dude showed up at his workplace today begging for just enough gasoline to make it to a service station. With the street lamps not working, he'd idled too long at too many crowded intersections and nearly ran out.
Some people actually did some "looting" of a Safeway store here locally. They actually stole presto-logs (if you can believe it). That's according to a local broadcast, which my husband and I listened to on our battery-operated radio. Supposedly some other folks threw temper tantrums in town because they couldn't find any "hot food" to eat. Duh. No power? Means no electrical equipment will work anywhere!
An acquaintance of mine emailed to explain the top 60 feet of a cedar tree fell on her house, leaving the bottom 30 feet still standing in the front yard. That's more than folks who fall down on the icy sidewalks can say (no part of them remained upright when they yelled "timber!").
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