Well that was fun – the power went out in the neighborhood yesterday morning a few minutes past 7 and was out ALL DAY.
This was the third time in the last 8 months.
I can report that reading by flashlight while freezing cold is not very pleasant.
Well that was fun – the power went out in the neighborhood yesterday morning a few minutes past 7 and was out ALL DAY.
This was the third time in the last 8 months.
I can report that reading by flashlight while freezing cold is not very pleasant.
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Sounds like growing up in the North East of England in the 1970s.
I’m glad the power is back on, I was wondering where you’d got to.
Aww, sounds like a stay-in-bed-all-day kind of day! Glad it’s been fixed. I hit refresh on my B&W tab 4 times and checked my own internet before I was able to even entertain the notion that there were no new posts.
It was more a take many many walks day, and when back home a wear ALL the sweaters day. I was still cold though. I like a relatively low temp inside, but NOT 56 DEGREES!
Three times in eight months?? Um….what?? I mean, Greg Abbott is not the governor of Washington, as far as I know.
Ah, so that’s where you were off to. I noticed your absence! Being cold is no fun, I agree, even if the book is good.
Power distribution here in western Washington is not the best. It is mostly all above-ground transmission lines, and we have a tree or two here. Whenever there is any kind of snow or ice or wind, those trees seem to find themselves sprawling across the overhead lines and sending entire neighborhoods into darkness, and we’ve had windy (and now snowy) last few months.
Reminds me of being a kid in Maine – and several times in Oklahoma as a kid where we were not hooked to the grid. If the propane guy didn’t come one month (and it was always in the winter when he didn’t), we were out of luck. That was back when Oklahoma regularly got cold winters.
Our city has been having rolling blackouts; they have not affected my part of town yet.
Glad to hear you are okay. I was getting worried, not only about you, but the commentariat, which also seemed strangely quiet yesterday.
You couldn’t chop some firewood? Burn some furniture? Hook up a generator to an exercise bike?
Like others I wondered what was amiss. Sounds like a thoroughly miserable day. Welcome back.
I should add that three in eight months is not at all normal, even with all the trees and high winds.
The first two of these were something that went wrong underground, that was repaired incorrectly the first time – I know this because I heard one of the repairers doing the second fix say “Now we know not to do it that way!” That plus the fact that they were tearing up the street in the same place as two months before.
This time wasn’t street tearing up – it was The Big Trucks arriving and then quickly leaving again, several times. I have no idea what voodoo they were performing. Whatever it was I hope it works this time!
It was SUCH a miserable day. The upside of miserable days like that is that once they’re over you get to wallow in the luxury of being able to put a kettle on! Take something to eat out of the fridge! Not dread a cold dark evening starting at 5:30!
I’m another one of your readers wondering what was happening. I’m so glad you are safe.
When I read your complaint about it being 56º indoors, I glanced up at the thermometer. 13.3ºC. Which, if my mental arithmetic is correct, is near-as-dammit 56ºF. I’m quite comfortable; I like cool. OK, so I have a duvet over my legs but I only have three thin layers on my top. Hubby, on the other hand, is wearing a LOT of clothing including at least two jumpers, so I do empathise. It is, evidently, best to be in bed when it’s cold.
OK, so even I have my limits. The wind is rising again and there is a bit of an icy blast reaching my left shoulder even though the blind is drawn, so I’m closing the window.
Comparatively speaking I too like cool, and for sleeping I like it even cooler, but for the daytime room 56/13 is too cold for me. (It’s fine for outside though. It’s funny, I went outside several times during the evening and it felt warmer even though I know it wasn’t. Just standing still looking out over Puget Sound I felt very comfortable, but going back in felt dank and horrible.)
Sorry people worried! I was very frustrated by that part the minute the lights went out.