power outage | River's world…..

We’ve been having a lot of hot summer weather lately and with that comes late afternoon thunderstorms. With late afternoon thunderstorms comes high winds. With high winds comes the possibility of power outages… and that’s what happened recently just as I was sitting down to read. Not wanting to give up my book, I grabbed a large battery operated lantern and propped it up behind me on the couch.

Lord Dudley Mountcatten was not pleased.

Something new and strange had been added to his world.

And had to be thoroughly investigated.

After a full five minutes of stalking, sniffing and batting…

His Lordship made peace with the temporary lighting device.

The giant N’Or Easter predicted to slam the Maine coast came and went yesterday with admittedly high winds…. but not nearly the amount of snow they were promising.

The weathermen said a foot, we got roughly 4 inches. But it was the heavy wet crap that weighs down tree branches which then take out power lines. And at 9:00 last night?

Poof.

We woke up to darkness and no electricity today.

Thank goodness for a fireplace. It doesn’t heat the whole house but kept the living room a toasty 63.

And thank goodness for powerful battery operated lanterns that light up the kitchen so His Royal Highness can be fed.

Turns out the problem was right next door where a tree fell on the main line that feeds the whole road. The power company was out early …

As was the husband… who won’t use the snowblower when it’s heavy and wet because it clogs the auger. It was still snowing when I took the picture so his newly cleared driveway was filling back up behind him. Why didn’t he wait till it stopped?

Because we had no power, which means no satellite, which means no television. He was bored.

Thankfully the power came back on late morning and nothing in the freezer or fridge was lost. The temperature is supposed to be 48 tomorrow so it will all melt again.

I swear I have winter whiplash this season.