Woke up this morning to a power cut due to Storm Bert. It lasted 9 1/2 hours. Power was restored at about 1:15. As soon as it came back on, I fairly flew over to the coffee maker, turned on the outlet and the machine itself and hoped for the best. Drip, drip, drip until we had a full pot. We had a cup. We lost power again. We had some more and I gave thanks that I didn't hesitate, but got that coffee going as soon as I could. Whew! Power came back on an hour or two later. Some around here are still without power and they have a water outage to boot! I hope they got their coffee somewhere.
More wind is expected tomorrow and we've been told that more power cuts are possible (as they always are, I suppose), especially tomorrow night. I have an audiobook on my mp3 player and a charged up e-reader, which does not require any other lighting. I hope the power stays on, but at least I can occupy myself if it doesn't. We have rechargeable desk lamps and headlamps, but if the power goes out, it's probably not a good idea to use up all the charge for reading.
Earlier today, I took advantage of the daylight--what there was of it--to read this short story collection:
Sometimes strange stories, quite open-ended, but quite good. I like the cover art, too.
Hope you didn't have to wait for your morning beverage and that your day is delightful!
6 comments:
A lot of wind and rain here but no power cuts ...yet!
Storm Bert has certainly caused havoc.
Hope Sunday will be better for you.
Stay safe.
All the best Jan
I hope you don't lose your power and you get enjoy another good book.
Storm Bert sounds like something from a Monty Python skit, not to be taken seriously! Loss of power will change that attitude in a hurry though. You may keep Bert over there, Shari. I would prefer Zephyr Daphne or something equally benign. Caressing winds would be the order of the day. And the power would stay on.
Hope all is well there, Jan. So far, so good for Sunday. The yellow warning kicks in later, so we'll see what happens!
Thanks, Erika! A new book will be started shortly :-)
Zephyr Daphne certainly sounds more upscale--and she would let me have my coffee!
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