I'll take a small break from my travel-loge to extol the wonders of electricity.
We had a great big, huge, awful storm blow through our town Sunday afternoon. We were left without electricity for thirty hours. We have camped for long periods of time without electric power, but we were prepared to do that. At home everything seems to depend on it. Every time I walked into a dark room I flipped on the light switch and it stayed dark. With no power the house got hot quickly and we opened all the windows. It was strange to hear all the outside noise that we miss with the windows closed and our AC running. The most annoying noise was the loud electric generators a few of our neighbors were running. They really are loud. Our family had come for lunch on Sunday leaving a large stack of dishes. It would just take a few minutes to stick them into the dishwasher. After a day without power the dishes began to stink and I finally washed them all the old fashioned way in a sink of soapy water. It really was not that hard, in fact it was actually a pleasant, quiet feeling. In the evening we lit our old oil lamps and played a game of Scrabble and went to bed early. When morning came I had a problem. I am truly addicted to my morning cup of coffee which I was unable to make. A trip to the local coffee house took care of my addiction and gave us an air-conditioned place to read the morning paper. I had to call my daughter's office where there was power and have her print up a form I needed for a medical appointment. My printer just won't work without power. After a morning of running errands we returned home to a still powerless house. When I found my husband sitting and staring at the blank computer screen I decided it was time to load up the food from our powerless freezer and spend time at our daughter's fully powered house with available freezer space. I really don't want to complain. The storm only caused us some inconvenience. Others had great damage to homes and cars. There were even a couple of storm related deaths.
Life has returned to normal for us.
What is that you would most miss without your electricity?
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11 months ago
3 comments:
Actually, I enjoyed my "day off", without electricity! I knitted (scarf for CCPC Knits with Sticks) beside a battery-operated lantern, listening to my battery-operated radio. The next day, I straightened up, doing anything I could do without power, and knitted some more. I made meatloaf mixture into patties and cooked them on my grill, eating one for supper. They turned out yummy, and I stored the uneaten ones in my neighbor's freezer. Not long after that, we got our lights back.
But, that wasn't your question, was it?! ;-) Let's see, I think I would miss, in this order: clothes washer, computer, vacuum, then television. I could live without the dishwasher, but I don't generate many dishes....
Thanks for your post; glad you and Dennis survived!
Marty S.
My computer, no question. During the big east coast blackout in 2003 half of Michigan was without power for several days. After getting over the apocolyptic feeling, we quickly adjusted and it took on the feel of an adventure. The first night we had sort of a block party.
I would miss air conditioning and the internet the most. :)
I'm glad you had your daughter to depend upon during this time. :)
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