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>>Brrr! Watching the news this week I've wondered why it is with all the tools in the house and garage that we don't have a generator for emergencies! Hope this lousy weather keeps missing us!
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>>Stay warm Ruby!

A generator indeed! Woke up 3:00 AM yesterday morning to a pitch black house. NO POWER! Below zero temperature! I had to feel my way to the dresser for a candle and some matches. Then made my way into the kitchen to look at the only clock with a battery.....3:00 AM! I couldn't tell if it was cold in the house or not so checked the thermostat in the dark. No power to that either and it was blank. David woke up and came downstairs and we lit some more candles. Then, of course, the cats wanted fed. I opened them a can of cat food and divided it in 4 dishes. They gobbled it down. Then Simba puked! I had to hold the candle close to the floor and go back into the kitchen for some paper towels to clean it up before somebody stepped in it.

Luckily I had put in for Tuesday as my 'President Ford's day of mourning' so wasn't scheduled for work yesterday morning. (It was also my 65th birthday). Then my alarm went off at 4:11 AM which is the time I get up and start getting ready for work. I wonder how I could get ready in the dark and no power. How do you even open the automatic garage door? So David and I sit under the blankets shivering and wondering what to do. David went back up to his room and fell back to sleep. I went back to bed and just about drifted off and the power came back on. Five AM! I looked at the thermostat and it was 66º. Since I had it set on 75º, it had only dropped 9º so that wasn't bad.

I have no idea what happened to knock out the neighborhood power since all of the lines are underground. Must have been the transformer off of the exit on I80. It sometimes gets hit by a car and knocks the power out in my neighborhood.

My goodness, it was only two hours for us! I really feel sorry for all of those in southern Missouri who've been without power for days.


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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

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