I swear my neighbor's diesel generator just shifted gears
The power is still out. Duke Energy has still not come out, so they are still likely unaware that there is a tree tottering over a (evacuated) house, being held up by the power line itself.
Will my sanity outlast the diesel? Or will the line snap, drop the tree, and make things go boom?
We still don't have power, but the neighbors (with the quiet, not-diesel generator) just brought me a breakfast burrito, so I'm doing ok.
Power company estimates they'll get our line restored by midnight (14 hours from now), and the storms that got us into this mess blew the hottest of the hot weather away, so it's only regular-August heat and not apocalypse-August heat.
80k homes still without power in our area.
The bucket trucks are here!
Plus, a neighbor with a battery system powerful enough to run a fridge and a blender took my garden produce--getting ready to go bad in my own lifeless fridge--and turned it into gazpacho. I have been told to expect a delivery of cold, wet, savory dinner at 6.
Still wicked hot around here but things are looking up.
Ok, so I don't actually enjoy a power failure anymore. At least not in August.
But I now have a jar of gazpacho (from my own garden), a slice of ice cold apple pie, and, as of a few sweet minutes ago, POWER
Thanks for keeping me company during my sporadic moments of internet connectivity over the past 29 hours, #FediFriends
@DrTCombs not the best of days…
I actually really enjoy a power outage, at least for a while. It's a chance to practice living lightly, thoughtfully, and quietly.
Except for the generators. Neighbors on three sides have generators; two of them are diesel. It sounds (and smells) like a damn truck stop right now.