At 4.48pm there was a flash and the power went out all over Cape Douglas. Howling winds and torrential rain, tide lashing on the seaweed. A phone call elicited the recorded response that they already know and expect power to return at 11 pm.
In an all-electric house that can be a tad inconvenient but fortunately I had turkey wings in the slow cooker ready to eat with salad so we declined Angela and Josef's invitation to drive into Port Mac for a pub meal. Then Di rang inviting us to share their wood fire - tempting but we reckon we can survive. If it gets too cold we'll just go to bed but meanwhile there's stored power to play iPod music and e-books to read.
Some of us ran around chasing a mouse-sized walnut.
A strange thing happened: at 7 o'clock we were sleepy.
"Can't go to bed."
At 8 o'clock "Can't possibly go to bed yet."
At 9 o'clock "Give in - let's go to bed."
I guess it was the lack of stimulation from lights and TV
"Can't go to bed."
At 8 o'clock "Can't possibly go to bed yet."
At 9 o'clock "Give in - let's go to bed."
I guess it was the lack of stimulation from lights and TV
It did show me we needed more conveniences when the power goes out so I have bought a battery-powered lantern, some battery candles and battery lights for the pantries. The one thing I was ready for was lack of water with a 10 litre drum stashed in the pantry: because the pumps operate off electricity there was no water.
