Eva's Byte #275 - Powerless
I’m not referring to personal loss of power. Like most of you reading this blog, I power through adversity. I’m referring to the situation we all find ourselves in at one time or another—the impact from loss of electrical power.
At precisely 4:30 p.m. EDST on Tuesday, August 4th, my neck of the woods was rendered powerless.
As tropical storm Isiasis barreled along the east coast of southern New England, approximately 141,000 of National Grid’s customers experienced a power outage. Winds exceeding 50 mph toppled trees which downed power lines in their path.
Powerless, I began penning this blog in longhand on notebook paper.
Powerless, I couldn’t read because my extensive library consists of eBooks stored on my PC Kindle.
Powerless, I couldn’t resume where I left off writing chapter 53 of my Contemporary WIP because the draft is saved as a Word document.
Powerless, I couldn’t prepare a home-cooked meal. Under the circumstances, I didn’t want to open the fridge. Ends up I had to purge both the fridge and freezer. In my opinion, this is the worst of riding out any power outage.
Powerless to engage on social media and promote my work, boredom set in as darkness encroached. I worked on a crossword puzzle.
However, throughout this temporary imposition, I reminded myself that I had an intact roof over my head. Life as I know it, would eventually resume. And, it did at 12:30 p.m. EDST the following day.
*My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far. May you stay out of harm’s way during hurricane season.
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At precisely 4:30 p.m. EDST on Tuesday, August 4th, my neck of the woods was rendered powerless.
As tropical storm Isiasis barreled along the east coast of southern New England, approximately 141,000 of National Grid’s customers experienced a power outage. Winds exceeding 50 mph toppled trees which downed power lines in their path.
Powerless, I began penning this blog in longhand on notebook paper.
Powerless, I couldn’t read because my extensive library consists of eBooks stored on my PC Kindle.
Powerless, I couldn’t resume where I left off writing chapter 53 of my Contemporary WIP because the draft is saved as a Word document.
Powerless, I couldn’t prepare a home-cooked meal. Under the circumstances, I didn’t want to open the fridge. Ends up I had to purge both the fridge and freezer. In my opinion, this is the worst of riding out any power outage.
Powerless to engage on social media and promote my work, boredom set in as darkness encroached. I worked on a crossword puzzle.
However, throughout this temporary imposition, I reminded myself that I had an intact roof over my head. Life as I know it, would eventually resume. And, it did at 12:30 p.m. EDST the following day.
*My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far. May you stay out of harm’s way during hurricane season.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
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Stephanie
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Aug 06, 2020 05:12AM
I'm glad you're safe.
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Lucky you. You got your power back in one day. We were out for 81/2 days. We are on a well, so we also had no water. The first day, we spent 9 hours cutting up a huge pine tree that took out all our lines and blocked our access road. It was 8 days later when the cavalry finally arrived, those lovely linemen from Ontario, Canada, Had it not been for this Covid19 virus, I would have smothered them with hugs and kisses. Like you said, I still had an intact roof over my head, a soft bed, and flashlight batteries so I could continue reading. Every once in a while we need a little "jolt" to remind us of what we have. The down side was that the surge took out the power supply to my computer. Happily, my fabulous tech guy swooped in for the rescue.
La vita e` bella!
Stay safe.
Cheers!
