Hurricane update!
Hello! I came through the Frankenstorm unscathed. We had flickering power all afternoon, and last night at 7 p.m., we lost it for good. My landlord fired up the generator to keep the sump pump in basement going (we learned our lesson in previous power outages when the basement has flooded), and I spent the evening listening to the generator, reading by flashlight, and being horrified by the pictures out of New York on Twitter.
I had an uneasy sleep, worried about not waking up in time for work, but I did and got ready in the dark. As I was walking out the door, the power came back on and will hopefully stay on for good. I don't live along the coast, but my city is at a high elevation, and we always get wicked winds, no matter what. And those winds always lead to massive power outages.
I am just pleased that the power is back, and I won't have a repeat of last year's Snowpocalypse, which caused me to spend a week in the dark. V. depressing. And Sandy hit exactly a year to the date later, which had me jittery.
But I am fine, and in any case, would rather be in the dark than under a few feet of water. Poor New York and New Jersey. :(
I had an uneasy sleep, worried about not waking up in time for work, but I did and got ready in the dark. As I was walking out the door, the power came back on and will hopefully stay on for good. I don't live along the coast, but my city is at a high elevation, and we always get wicked winds, no matter what. And those winds always lead to massive power outages.
I am just pleased that the power is back, and I won't have a repeat of last year's Snowpocalypse, which caused me to spend a week in the dark. V. depressing. And Sandy hit exactly a year to the date later, which had me jittery.
But I am fine, and in any case, would rather be in the dark than under a few feet of water. Poor New York and New Jersey. :(
