We’ve had a lot of windstorms lately. Yesterday’s was particularly fierce. I was inside and perfectly cozy, so I wasn’t paying it much mind. Suddenly, I heard a terrible racket come from the corner of the house. I went downstairs and looked outside, expecting to find the usual sort of minor mess (garbage bins knocked over, a stray tree branch, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I found was shocking. Our entire power cable had been torn from the house, and the lines were down. It took me a while to spot the culprit (a fallen tree), because it was so far from the house. The tree must have made a huge crash when it fell, but I’d had my headphones on, so I’d only heard the closer sound of the power lines being ripped from the house just outside my office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately for us, the tree did not break the lines, so we still have power and Internet. Unfortunately, the lines are on the driveway, so we can’t go anywhere. And this happened on our property, so we’re the only ones affected and consequently not a priority to the electric company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s been a whole day, and they still haven’t come to fix the problem. I wonder how long we’ll have to wait for it to be fixed, how long we’ll have to live without power while it’s being fixed, and how much it’s going to cost. But for right now, though the wind continues to roar and though I’m stuck at home, at least I’m still perfectly cozy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We’ve had a lot of windstorms lately. Yesterday’s was particularly fierce. I was inside and perfectly cozy, so I wasn’t paying it much mind. Suddenly, I heard a terrible racket come from the corner of the house. I went downstairs … Continue reading