26-07-2010, 04:21 PM
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My absenteeism excuse!
Our heat wave broke yesterday as a series of very violent thunderstorms swept thru the area with wind gusts up to 61 mph and drenching rains ..... and power loss! It went off at 3:30; I was annoyed as I was in the middle of posting, but figured it would be back in 2 - 3 hours as usual. Wrong!! Not till this morning about 7 am. Spent an 18th century evening by candlelight (ever scoop the litter tray by candlelight?); and no proper dinner .... tuna sandwich and crisps no veggie and worst of all no hot water for my cup of tea! The entire neighborhood was completely dark; spent it reading by candlelight on the porch. At one point there were over 30,000 people without power in the City, and worse in the suburbs.I am definitely an internet addict .. kept looking at the dead screen and thinking of all those unanswered posts and unread e-mails.....
Nice to be back!
26-07-2010, 06:05 PM
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Re: My absenteeism excuse!
Originally Posted by dandysmom
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Our heat wave broke yesterday as a series of very violent thunderstorms swept thru the area with wind gusts up to 61 mph and drenching rains ..... and power loss! It went off at 3:30; I was annoyed as I was in the middle of posting, but figured it would be back in 2 - 3 hours as usual. Wrong!! Not till this morning about 7 am. Spent an 18th century evening by candlelight (ever scoop the litter tray by candlelight?); and no proper dinner .... tuna sandwich and crisps no veggie and worst of all no hot water for my cup of tea! The entire neighborhood was completely dark; spent it reading by candlelight on the porch. At one point there were over 30,000 people without power in the City, and worse in the suburbs.I am definitely an internet addict .. kept looking at the dead screen and thinking of all those unanswered posts and unread e-mails.....
Nice to be back!
I bet they had plenty of light in the White House, Eileen!
It is awful when that happens! How true the saying is that "we don't miss the water until the well runs dry"!!26-07-2010, 08:10 PM
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Re: My absenteeism excuse!
LOL, Mags, I just assume the White House has it's own generators! Weather is much more agreeable now, 28 C (82 F), sun and a good breeze. Downed trees and power lines being cleared away now, this was a very powerful line of storms. Unfortunately there were 4 deaths caused by falling trees...
Oh, candles ... I always have a LARGE supply of them on hand...
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