Duke is publishing regular updates of outage numbers. I checked at 11am, and there were about 6700 customers in Monroe County who still didn’t have power. When I checked again about half an hour later, the number had gone to 6900. Yes. It went up. Restoring power? Ur doin it rong!
That did not bode well, so I came home at noon, because I had a bunch of things to do before it got too dark. Like, haul laundry over to the next building (which, by the way, was kind of a gross experience, as their laundry room has black mold and stinks to high heavens), clean the bad food out of the fridge and freezer, and then go pick up Miss Kitty to take for her subQ treatment. So, lots of business for me.
I managed to schlep my clothes next door, came home, and was standing in the kitchen, trying to decide which tasty, salt-filled, non-perishable snack “food” would do for lunch, when the electricity came back on. Huzzah! I still haven’t cleaned out the fridge and freezer, but I’ll have light to do that by later, so I’m not in a hurry. And, I can actually cook something that resembles real food, so I don’t have to eat Cheetos for lunch. Oatmeal is sounding really good.
Bee and Flower
red paper boat 