3:00 p.m. eastern. Very nasty thunder storm centered basically over my house. No power and almost pitch black out. The lightening and thunder are spectacular. It's the kind of thunder you can feel almost as much as hear. Except that the noise is deafening. The kids are frightened and would be quivering in the bed with mom if it were not for the availability of flashlights. Always have an extra flashlight for each kid.

When the storm hit, I was in the supermarket with both kids. We stood outside under the roof with our basket full of grocery bags until there was a break in the downpour. We made it to the car and loaded kids and bags before the rain cut loose again. I'll update this later since I can't post it anyway. The laptop of course works on its battery, but the wireless router and cable modem need power. The backlit keys on the 17 inch powerbook are nice though probably killing the battery. Yup battery at 74% so keyboard lights are shut off.

3:30 The rain has let up and the storm seems to have passed. The groceries have been brought in and put away. The kids are watching a dvd on the wife's laptop. Still no power.

4:00 Power is restored. Laptop batter which had reached a low of 64% while reading PDF of The New Soldier is back up to 66% and climbing. Backlit keys are on!

4:11 Sky has gotten very dark again.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 11:11 AM | No Comments | Add Comment