08-16-2003, 12:29 AM
I have survived! And I'm pissed!
In the last 6 months, my family's home has had 3 significant power outages (24 hours or more). Once in April when the ice storms hit Michigan, once in June after a rather nasty storm, and this occasion. My step-father was extremely lucky too - he managed to get on an early flight from Boston to the Metro Airport (Detroit's major airport) and he pulled up to the gate just as the power went out in our area - essentially he would've been stranded in Boston if he hadn't managed to get on that plane! Once he got home though, he was practically out of gas... so we stayed in, ate some melting ice cream, and just relaxed. Today I was forced to miss football practice because of a lack of water in my area. We've been forced to use the water out of our hot water heater in order to flush our toilets :-/. Boil advisories have also been issued in the Detroit area in order to be 100% no water-born diseases are transmitted through the water system...
To say the least - it has been a long day, and I look forward to the next hot shower I get. That hot shower may not come for another several days. :-(
On the plus side, I got to see the stars really well last night. I also managed to get through a good portion of my summer reading (hundred and fifty pages or so). :-)
Later
Baylan
In the last 6 months, my family's home has had 3 significant power outages (24 hours or more). Once in April when the ice storms hit Michigan, once in June after a rather nasty storm, and this occasion. My step-father was extremely lucky too - he managed to get on an early flight from Boston to the Metro Airport (Detroit's major airport) and he pulled up to the gate just as the power went out in our area - essentially he would've been stranded in Boston if he hadn't managed to get on that plane! Once he got home though, he was practically out of gas... so we stayed in, ate some melting ice cream, and just relaxed. Today I was forced to miss football practice because of a lack of water in my area. We've been forced to use the water out of our hot water heater in order to flush our toilets :-/. Boil advisories have also been issued in the Detroit area in order to be 100% no water-born diseases are transmitted through the water system...
To say the least - it has been a long day, and I look forward to the next hot shower I get. That hot shower may not come for another several days. :-(
On the plus side, I got to see the stars really well last night. I also managed to get through a good portion of my summer reading (hundred and fifty pages or so). :-)
Later
Baylan