My wife is out of town for work this week so it is just me and the dogs. I just finished watching the weather on KARE 11 TV and their chief meteorologist was showing the current doppler radar image. It showed a line of thunderstorms moving into our area. There was nothing severe predicted, but lots of rain, thunder, and lightning. About 20 minutes after that, there was a big lightning flash and then the lights went out. They’ve been out for about 20 minutes now. Fortunately, I have battery powered emergency light in the front entry and a rechargeable flashlight in the kitchen.

I’m now upstairs, laying in bed with a couple of candles burning, a couple of lightsticks glowing, and a partially charged laptop battery. Hopefully the power will come on again soon.

It seems like we lose power at least once or twice a year here. When we lived in Plymouth, I don’t remember ever having a power failure.

Note: The laptop gave out moments after I wrote the last sentence. The power didn’t come on until the next morning at 6:30 AM.

–Pete