Went to a friend’s house and was taking pictures of her 2 cats. This one is really shy but she was the best little model.
Well, no WiFi and no electricity, hard to get anything done beside dealing with the horrendous heat and having 2 little kids and 4 dogs to take care of between us. So I stayed with her for about 4 hours to proof a book I need to turn in, while the kids and grandkids and her daughter went to the Community Fieldhouse to play and my computer was finally charged up. Then all of a sudden, severe thunderstorms came into the area and lightning hit a transformer and knocked it out. There went her electricity. About 6 hours later, she had it back though. We still haven’t had any since Monday at 8:00-8:30 am.
So we stayed at another friend’s house who got their electric back at 5:30 in the morning yesterday. We brought roasted chicken from the deli and ate dinner with them. I thought I would be able to sleep. It was nice and comfortable, but I coughed all night long. I’ve come down with another cold–probably because of the cold/heat/lack of sleep. So frustrating.
They have no idea when our service might be back up but they’re saying it might be as late as July 19.
I’m off here, to have breakfast with everyone and then we’re going to be out the door trying to figure out how to deal with the heat some more.
Have a great one!
Terry
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Being without electricity is why we got a generator. Fred fixed it so we could run the refrigerator and one electrical outlet. We have a well for water, so the generator had to be strong enough to pump the water. So, we have the refrigerator going for a while then he switches it to run the pump for water. We are now thinking of getting a whole house generator. We are just getting to old (82 and 85) to put up with this stuff!
I know what you mean. They’re never going to fix our electric grid. I am going to look into a solar generator. I saw so many people in line trying to get gas for the generators and filling stations running out of gas, long, long lines at the gas tanks, and I understand you have to change out the oil and it runs out of gas pretty fast. That’s great to have it for your fridge and one electrical outlet. I’m going to look into the whole house generator also. At least if either my daughter and SIL or I have it, we’ll have a place to stay. Some in one neighborhood said they had power for a day and a half and today it went out again. It’s just awful.
Sending positive thoughts and vibes to you and your family and friends. Hope they get your power back on soon. It has to be so frustrating.
We finally got it about 5 pm or so. We’re under boil water notice now, but so thankful we have electricity back. Thanks!!