A little before 2 a.m., as speakers on the radio were pooh-poohing the predicted end of the world, the power went off here. The pitch-black darkness was an unhappy reminder of the 10 days we spent in the cold and dark after Hurricane Sandy. A storm is raging outside right now, but the power came back.
The storm is supposed to continue through Friday, so keep those emergency supplies handy. By coincidence, I was just drinking my last gallon of spring water left over from the last emergency and I had a flashlight within groping distance in the dark.
I also have a new, super-bright headlamp light and just got a 16-pack of batteries for the portable radio. Still, I would not like to have to use them in another prolonged outage.
So if you went to bed at a normal hour and did not stay up to hear Radio Unnameable with Bob Fass, you may see proof of the mini-outage in those blinking lights on appliances when you get up.
--Bernice
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