I’m really glad we have a generator. The power started browning out at 7:30 this morning, and went down for good about 15 minutes later. Best guess as to when it will be back up, according to the power company, is 1:00. And really what the guy said was that that’s the earliest it might come back up and if we didn’t have power back after that we could call again.
Molly totally panics when the power is out. We have a house fan that runs all the time, so when the power goes out she sniffs at the vents and backs away in terror. She’s currently trying to climb into my lap. She is not a lap dog. Plus she’s stinky!
Murphy is napping on the couch.
Carrie is watching Signing Time, thanks to the generator we have to run anyway for the furnace and refrigerator. From my understanding, the generator will run as long as it has gas, regardless of the draw we put on it, so hopefully 30 minutes of power for the TV won’t use up any more gas than it would be using anyway.
The thing that’s really silly is that our power lines are buried. So the problem isn’t in our neighborhood, it’s somewhere else. But that weak point seems to go down so frequently that it would probably be cheaper to bury those lines too instead of having to continuously repair them.
All I know is that I need to keep the house warm and the freezer cold, and I hope there’s enough gas in the generator to last until the power comes back up!