We've been without power for about four hours - an unexpected squall came through. Both sides of our long street are without power, though across the canal the homes are unaffected. Most of that time I was out meeting an electrician to correct some problems on a house scheduled to close tomorrow morning. Just got back, 11 pm (great electrician to come out at 9 pm on short notice), and power is still out.
George is out cooking dinner on the gas grill - we have candles on the table and the counter, and my laptop is battery operated and doing fine. There is a cacophony of beeps coming from all the power backups around the house - after a while they sound like lots of treefrogs.
WOW I wish we could have a power outage for about 4 hours, that would be a break time (maybe even nap time for me) :o) Enjoy the break, forget the lap top :-D
Ewww. We were without power (statewide) when they had the earthquake a while back for about 16 hours. I was miserable! No AC, TV, PC.....I sure appreciate what I have...
Hey...sounds like something romantic going on over there though...have fun!
Sharon,
Always good to have the gas grill. We make a great cup of Java when the hurricaine knocked our power out. I also bought a 300 watt power inverter that you can plu into the car lighter and watch TV or keep the fridge going.
Katrina - that's one approach. I spent nearly 3 hours of it away from the house meeting an electrician (and yes, I would rather have just enjoyed) and then I wanted to touch base with my AR friends.
Carole - it's always an interesting experience. Many of the neighbors formed groups outside their homes to talk with each other.
Sally - let's see. Here in Florida we light candles in our fireplaces for romance instead of hot fires - I guess if we needed "outside" help for romance we could just switch off the main breaker on our panel!
Missy - Did you get hit by lightning? That's generally what happens in Florida when you lose things - that or a power surge.
Neal - I'd rather have the inverter heat coffee than watch TV. The first thing I missed was the electric ice crusher for my Chivas Mist. When restaurants tell me that they don't have crushed ice, I suggest they put some ice in a bar towel and bang it against the counter. I suggested that to George, but he wasn't as receptive!
Katerina and Nestor - Being without power for 21 days - Wow!
I remember '04 as the year of the 4 hurricanes. People stopped taking down the plywood over their windows in between the hurricanes.