Thursday, the entire area was hit with a tornado-level wind storm. Billions of dollars of damage was done, and 50,000 homes lost power. We were lucky enough not to be one of the areas where the schools lost power in the morning and sent all of the kids home! But, by 3:00pm, we were out of power, too!
It was rather nice to realize that we aren't too tied to the electrical line. The first sign that something was wrong was when the wireless internet quit working. My husband simply switched to using his phone to connect to the net, and assumed that our router had gone on the flake again. He asked me about it eventually, and I gave him instructions for re-setting the router. Then I went to the bathroom. When the light switch didn't function, my mental light bulb went on! We were out of power!
I had to switch the planned Christmas craft (we were supposed to do one the required an iron). The kids and I enjoyed that, until the sun started going down and I realized that I was going to have to get creative with dinner!
We pulled out the Coleman stove, set it up outside, grabbed a bunch of bottled goods, and made taco soup. I didn't have to open the fridge. Then we set the table for dinner by candlelight (electric tea light, to be exact:))!
I was grateful that we are accustomed to going camping. I was grateful that my children are accustomed to occasionally eating in the dark. We were grateful for a laptop with a great battery, and a SmartPhone, so that my husband was able to continue working un-interrupted. I was also very grateful that the power came back on before bed. I wasn't looking forward to figuring out how to keep everyone warm (especially the new baby) during the night! But we would have done just fine!
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