Quick hello
No time for a long post, as we're off to Spain for the day. (I still find that concept amusing)
I don't know if the news of the big blackout hit anywhere outside of France, but on Saturday night, we were happily playing tarot (not the fortune telling kind) with our friends Yves and Helene from next door, when we were suddenly plunged into darkness!
Luckily, years of living in earthquake country have taught me the benefit of keeping flashlights in every room in the house. I was able to grab one quickly so we didn't stumble over a major hazard in a blackout: black dog in a black house!
I went and found my handy-dandy Coleman camping lantern, which lit up the whole downstairs enough so that we could finish playing our round of cards. I guess there are times when being mildly obsessive can come in handy.
The main thing about the power outage, of course, is that you realize how much of what you do under normal circumstances is electricity dependent. Forget watching television or reading, but even the oil heating runs on an electric thermostat and the boiler needs electricity to turn itself on and off.
The outage only lasted about 45 minutes, so we didn't run any real risk of freezing, but I guess it points out the use of keeping a good stock of firewood in the cellar.
Ciao for now.
Randy
I don't know if the news of the big blackout hit anywhere outside of France, but on Saturday night, we were happily playing tarot (not the fortune telling kind) with our friends Yves and Helene from next door, when we were suddenly plunged into darkness!
Luckily, years of living in earthquake country have taught me the benefit of keeping flashlights in every room in the house. I was able to grab one quickly so we didn't stumble over a major hazard in a blackout: black dog in a black house!
I went and found my handy-dandy Coleman camping lantern, which lit up the whole downstairs enough so that we could finish playing our round of cards. I guess there are times when being mildly obsessive can come in handy.
The main thing about the power outage, of course, is that you realize how much of what you do under normal circumstances is electricity dependent. Forget watching television or reading, but even the oil heating runs on an electric thermostat and the boiler needs electricity to turn itself on and off.
The outage only lasted about 45 minutes, so we didn't run any real risk of freezing, but I guess it points out the use of keeping a good stock of firewood in the cellar.
Ciao for now.
Randy
1 Comments:
Hi, Randy,
Saw a report about your power outage. Seems your provider (E.On AG?) turned off a high-voltage line to let a cruise ship under it.... affected parts of Germany, Italy, France, and Spain. Uh, yeah....
By Draco, At 6:58 PM
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