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Eva’s Byte #532 – The Outage
Foremost, my heart goes out to all those who’ve lost family members and homes during the catastrophic Texas flooding. My situation does not compare. It’s merely a narrative of a point in time:
On July 3rd, 7:30 p.m., a powerful thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 60 mph, passed through southern New England. Numerous downed trees and power lines caused an outage affecting approximately 50,000 Rhode Islanders. I was one of them.
Drafting my Contemporary up until the moment things went dark, I’m appreciative the habit of saving my document every couple of minutes to accommodate changes incorporated during the writing session.
Until power restoration at 3:30 p.m. on the Fourth, I grappled with the minor inconvenience of boredom, making do with solving challenging crossword puzzles to keep my mind engaged.
Then, there’s fretting over the possibility of food spoilage. On that front, I did not open doors to either the fridge or freezer. I made do eating crispbread sourdough crackers with peanut butter, and drank room-temperature bottled water from my storage stash. If the outage persisted through dinner, I would have opened a can of tuna and eaten its contents plain.
Turns out, and I’m squeamish about this stuff, my frozen goods in the freezer were fine, along with perishables in the fridge. I’m living proof after the fact of having helped myself to food items and beverages in both compartments.
In the capacity of a writer, I finished drafting chapter 18 at 1779 words. I’m in the process of drafting chapter 19 (125 words thus far).
*May each of us be prepared to hunker down at any time, and survive with the bare necessities of life.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
On July 3rd, 7:30 p.m., a powerful thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 60 mph, passed through southern New England. Numerous downed trees and power lines caused an outage affecting approximately 50,000 Rhode Islanders. I was one of them.
Drafting my Contemporary up until the moment things went dark, I’m appreciative the habit of saving my document every couple of minutes to accommodate changes incorporated during the writing session.
Until power restoration at 3:30 p.m. on the Fourth, I grappled with the minor inconvenience of boredom, making do with solving challenging crossword puzzles to keep my mind engaged.
Then, there’s fretting over the possibility of food spoilage. On that front, I did not open doors to either the fridge or freezer. I made do eating crispbread sourdough crackers with peanut butter, and drank room-temperature bottled water from my storage stash. If the outage persisted through dinner, I would have opened a can of tuna and eaten its contents plain.
Turns out, and I’m squeamish about this stuff, my frozen goods in the freezer were fine, along with perishables in the fridge. I’m living proof after the fact of having helped myself to food items and beverages in both compartments.
In the capacity of a writer, I finished drafting chapter 18 at 1779 words. I’m in the process of drafting chapter 19 (125 words thus far).
*May each of us be prepared to hunker down at any time, and survive with the bare necessities of life.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
