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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.

Comments

[aithine]

Yay! Running water, working plumbing and electricity again is a good thing. *vbg*

[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.

[ex-declinean757.livejournal.com]

Thank you for letting us know you're ok! I have several friends back East who live in the affected areas, so I've been a bit worried.

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

Utmost sympathies on no gravity-feed cistern as back-up. No water totally sucks. Or rather, no electricity won't suck. :-)

Congrats on surviving and on getting your power back. Did you get my e-mail, btw, re: the Kim Possible tape?

[(Anonymous)]

Looks like we both lived through this! The funniest part was listening to the people on the hand-crank generator radio acting as if something REALLY terrible had happened to us, like we were 'struggling to survive' the effect of some nuclear bomb or something. It was a blackout. It lasted under 12 hours. Get the flock over it, people. If you can't coast over half a day sans power, I pity you.

When exactly did yours come back on? Where are you located, miss? It's 3AM here and we just turned on. At least I THINK it was now... I was asleep with my cthulu.

ANR Collin

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Yes indeedy. I'm used to outages in the winter, but this was new. And ugly. I feel bad for the people who are still out- I'd be insane by now!

[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.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

I have one friend in OH I still haven't been able to track down, which is a bit worrying considering what they've been saying about Cleveland (although she's closer to Cincinnati, but still). You're lucky to have missed all the fun- I can't imagine what it would be like to be out in that desert heat with no AC or fans!

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

No water does totally suck. The only positive is that I no longer have any large livestock relying on me- a lot of the farmers around here have generators, of course, but those only stretch so far, and people were really worried about keeping their herds from getting heat stroke.

I did get your email, but I guess you didn't get my answer? How weird, I wonder what happened to it. Some days (many days) I really hate my computer.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're okay! I'm up in dairy country on the Canadian border (NY side), south of Ottawa. You're way down state, right? We've been heartily mocking the city up here (unfairly, but that never stops anyone) for being full of wussies who could never ever survive one day without all them thar citified comforts. We do the same thing in the winter when four inches of snow closes everything down- wussies! *g*

We lucked out, actually, and were only without power for a few hours (4ish-11:30ish). Not every town up here was as lucky, of course, but still, I can't complain when I think of the poor folks in Cleveland who are still stuck. Bad enough they live in Cleveland.

[ex-declinean757.livejournal.com]

I have a pregnant friend I'm concerned about in the Cincinnati area. They haven't mentioned her area at all that I've seen, so I don't know if she was affected and if so, how bad.

Then again, from watching most news broadcasts, you'd think that NYC was the only city on the whole East coast; or at least, the only one that mattered. :-P Most of last night I was wondering (and worrying) about people like you out in more rural areas. Of cus, as you have mentioned, in many ways country folk are far better equipped to handle this sort of crisis than those in urban areas.

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

Argh. My domain filters mail, which is good since it's a public address, but not always good. I've re-sent from my ISP e-mail address. It doesn't filter. Sorry about that.

And yeah, good thing no livestock. Argh.

[(Anonymous)]

Hell, I mock the cityfolk too. Especially those pansyass bastards from Long Island, most of whom probably drowned in their own tears because there was nothing to make their diamond-laden hands glitter as they should. :)

I'm an hour northish in a very rural area. And Long Island people STILL suck. I know one who mocks rural areas because 'the food isn't as good at restaurants as in LI, because on LI people have more money and... um.... that makes it better'. I want to punch his teeth through the back of his pimply little head.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

It wasn't my computer for once? Neato. I still hate it, of course. That's second nature at this point.

Anyway, email is rezapped. And now let the "Call me, Beep me.." dancing begin! Woo! *g*

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I hope your friend is okay. I'm sure she is, but yeah, it'd be nice to know for sure.

Then again, from watching most news broadcasts, you'd think that NYC was the only city on the whole East coast; or at least, the only one that mattered.

Well, naturally. They're the only place that matters, after all. But the rest of the state isn't at all bitter. Oh no. (grrrr)

As mean as it is, I know a lot of people (including myself) who were so happy that we got power back before the city. For once! Nyah! They get all our money and all our attention and even our name, but we got electricity back first. Really petty, but satisfying.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yeah, because LI is such a paradise. Sheesh. I have nothing against cities in general. Some of them I love (not New York, I admit, but some cities), and I like the fact that I have several major ones within reasonable driving distance (sushi! yay!). But that "there's nothing worthwhile outside The City and our lives are so much better while simultaneously so much more stressful and worthy of sympathy and attention" attitude that's sometimes seen drives me up the wall. Oh shuddup, city people, that's not true.

"Diamond-laden hands"? Snerk.

Ron Stoppable here ...

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

E-mail received, and address label printed out. Since I hope to crash shortly, it should catch Saturday's mail. Then again, if I start writing, it'll be Monday.

Re: Ron Stoppable here ...

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay! No hurry, whenever you get a chance is fine. Woo hoo!

[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.