Still in the dark
Dec. 15th, 2006 05:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchSo, I managed to sleep for about two more hours giving me a grand total so far of 2.5 -- although it's not like I'll be able to do much of anything today, so I'll have plenty of time to catch up.
Unsurprisingly, we're still plunged into darkness... according to the news, the roads around our specific area are pretty much impassible. There are trees down everywhere, power lines down everywhere and a sinkhole on one of the routes into Woodinville. I believe they said there are about 1 million households in the Puget Sound without power, and several of the major bridges are closed until at least Noon.
This has really brought back a lot of childhood memories, since it sounded quite a bit like a low-level typhoon overnight, but at least that means we're pretty prepared for this sort of stuff. Even beyond the fact that we belong to religion that stresses emergency preparedness, when you've been through as many natural disasters as I have, from a very young age, you get to a point where you just automatically make sure you have everything you need. We have some battery powered lanterns... and I made sure to charge up our little, low-powered rechargable garden-lanterns yesterday afternoon. They've made perfect night lights for wandering around the house. I'm listening to a battery powered radio, and I've got a wind up radio downstairs I'll probably dig out later.
It's a bit chilly in the house right now... about 62. If it doesn't warm up once the sun comes up, I think we may actually look at lighting a fire in the fireplace -- this is exactly the reason we looked for a house with a fireplace, in the first place! It's also why we wanted a gas stove when we remodeled the kitchen... because we won't have any problems cooking meals, although we may have to throw away stuff from the fridge if we're without power for long enough.
Unsurprisingly, we're still plunged into darkness... according to the news, the roads around our specific area are pretty much impassible. There are trees down everywhere, power lines down everywhere and a sinkhole on one of the routes into Woodinville. I believe they said there are about 1 million households in the Puget Sound without power, and several of the major bridges are closed until at least Noon.
This has really brought back a lot of childhood memories, since it sounded quite a bit like a low-level typhoon overnight, but at least that means we're pretty prepared for this sort of stuff. Even beyond the fact that we belong to religion that stresses emergency preparedness, when you've been through as many natural disasters as I have, from a very young age, you get to a point where you just automatically make sure you have everything you need. We have some battery powered lanterns... and I made sure to charge up our little, low-powered rechargable garden-lanterns yesterday afternoon. They've made perfect night lights for wandering around the house. I'm listening to a battery powered radio, and I've got a wind up radio downstairs I'll probably dig out later.
It's a bit chilly in the house right now... about 62. If it doesn't warm up once the sun comes up, I think we may actually look at lighting a fire in the fireplace -- this is exactly the reason we looked for a house with a fireplace, in the first place! It's also why we wanted a gas stove when we remodeled the kitchen... because we won't have any problems cooking meals, although we may have to throw away stuff from the fridge if we're without power for long enough.
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Date: 2006-12-15 05:52 pm (UTC)