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[ealgylden]

Huzzah! I have power again! And it took much less time than I was expecting to get it back, which is always good.

It's not the lack of electricity that bothers me in situations like this. That's annoying, but survivable. It's not even the fact that it was in the high eighties today and I had no working fans. It's the lack of running water that was most problematic. Well water might taste better than municipal water, but that hardly matters when it's still stuck in the well and the pump is electric.

Running water and working plumbing. Among the greatest blessings of civilization. Don't take them for granted.

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[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yay! I was wondering about my NY friends and others in those areas hit by the blackout. Glad to know things are back to normal.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

And thank goodness. I'd definitely rather read about pioneers than be one. Poor people who still don't have power back, though. I'd have gone on a murderous rampage by now.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, being without power isn't fun. I remember we went without for at least a week in '93, when there was a blizzard in March. Fun, but then, I was only 12, so it was more of an adventure :) It wouldn't be fun now. No 'puter? Horrors.