Blackout
2007-08-02 | Filed under Books, Life |
We lost power for about two and a half hours last night. I was just pulling out of the Blockbuster parking lot at 10 when all the lights shut off. Not many people were on the road, and all behaved sensibly. (At least, they did while I was driving. But later we heard sirens, and I wonder if that was a car accident.) After I drove through the center of town, the lights came back on. I intended to hit Genuardi’s, rather than head back to Acme, but the lights in that direction were all out, so I did a U-turn and came back home. Larry already had candles lit.
It was actually quite a nice evening, most of it spent curled up on the couch. I read by candlelight, and when I came to one of the marvelously creepy scenes in Among the Dead I was glad to have Larry sitting there, playing Day of the Tentacle on his handheld. Right after we crawled into bed in the guest room (cooler than upstairs) the power came back. So we were able to sleep in our bed, with the comforts of air conditioning and alarm clocks and hot showers in the morning, and no need to resent the time spent without electricity.
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Last time it happened here we stoked up on flash lanterns, water, etc. But by now I bet the batteries are all dead. A good reminder. I guess we should be glad we weren’t on a bridge in Minnesota.
Yes. Even if it’s not in the process of collapsing, I have no desire to be on a bridge in Minnesota.
We haven’t really stocked up on anything. To let the dogs out and find candles we used a keychain LED flashlight and a little light plugged into the entryway outlet. I have absolutely no idea where our full-sized flashlights are. We have a lot of candles lying around, including at least one chunky candle that dates back to our wedding. My Bryn Mawr lantern was (typically) fused shut at the bottom by wax, so we ended up not using it. We only ended up using one menorah for the occasion. (We’ve probably got half a dozen; they breed when you’re not looking.)