The flag at our house in the wind. December 9, 2008.
Yesterday was very windy up here on the Plateau. We had been warned that an approaching front would bring wind and (hopefully) some rain. We could definitely use the rain.
The wind arrived in the early morning, as you can tell from the photo above. We could hear the wind chimes clanging and every once in a while there was a ‘thump’ as something hit the house. But we were taking everything is stride until suddenly the power went out.
Fortunately it was light enough in the living room for us to do our daily devotions without any electricity. Surely the power would be back on by the time we finished. We finished our devotions, but the power was still off. I don’t think we realize how much we depend on electricity until we lose it. Fortunately I love to read and that doesn’t require electricity as long as it’s light enough.
After about an hour the power came back on, so we powered up the computers and printers and reset all the digital clocks, the coffee maker, microwave, etc. Things went well for about 20 minutes when the power went out again!
This time it was off for only about a minute — just long enough for us to have to power up the computers and printers and reset all the digital clocks, the coffee maker, microwave, etc. Soon we were back in business — and after about five minutes the power went out for a third time! It was only out for about a minute — just long enough for us to have to power up the computers and printers and reset all the digital clocks, the coffee maker, microwave, etc.
Fortunately the power remained on for the rest of the day and the wind has now died down. Now if we would only get some of that rain!
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