Timothy Birdnow

It was a tough night last night. We had a power outage in the afternoon and it was out until almost seven o'clock. It was hot but when power came back on we figured it was over.

No such luck; it went back down about 8 and stayed down until ten a.m. this morning.

Now, today is going to be the hottest day of the year; a hundred and two is the last prediction I heard. We needed to cool the house and keep it cool. I had also just gone to the store and filled the refrigerator and freezer with food.

Luckily, as a former Boy Scout I tend to be prepared; we have a number of battery-operated lights and so we weren't sitting in the dark. I have two of those Atomic Beam lights, which are great when your batteries are fresh, but they chew through batteries at a prodigious rate. (They use three AA which are just too small for the power requirement.) We have a couple of hand-held battery operated fans, too.

But it was HOT and sultry last night, and I went out on the porch for relief at four a.m. but found little.

I did have something to do though; I have a battery-operated DVD player and a 12 volt marine battery, so I was able to watch some movies in the heat and the dark.

It was bad because my wife is still largely bed-ridden and I know she had a miserable night.

I had suggested going to a hotel but she nixed that idea, because it was going to be hard for her to do. But we'll go today if the power goes back down. It's still pretty toasty in here after over an hour of power. I use window air conditioners which are inadequate on really hot days, and with them being off...

Fortunately  my refrigerator still seemed fairly cold. I don't think I'll drink the milk, though. Liable to be fermented into something dreadful.

At any rate, it looks like the worst is over.

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