Written during a lack of power:

A fierce storm blew into town around 4:15 this afternoon. (It's 11:32 PM that the moment I'm writing this) I was at school. I had just called it quits for working. I only got an hour in. I ended up killing time in the Honors computer lab. I then went to class and that was about 2 hours. I thought it was a bad shower, but I didn't know how bad it really was.

Once I get into my neighborhood, I can't believe what I see. The road, which had just been cleaned earlier in the day, was a mess. There was a trash can from someone's yard across the street in the park. The real horror was my dad's trailer. Just yesterday, due to the heat, he pulled out the awning to cool it off. The awning was snapped in half. My father was at work when this happened. I was at school. I came home to no power on my side of the street.

My night has consisted of me listening to the Atlanta Braves game on my shortwave radio. It has some batteries. It can also be powered by dynamo action. The radio also has a light attached to it. So, tonight, it came in handy. I also spent time with my father in his trailer with Harry and Pikachu. Nicki and Beth went off to get dinner. As soon as they got home, the three of them packed into my mother's van and started watching a movie on the DVD player. The sucky part of tonight has been no Internet access and no A/C! A/C in Savannah is not a luxury. A/C in Savannah is a way of life.

Only Matthew got out of this adventure. Right after I left for school, he left the house. He went over to a friend's house. This friend is supposedly engaged to another guy, but Matthew has been her hero most of this summer. They were boyfriend and girlfriend back in 10^th grade.

\Not only has this power outage effected us, it has affected the dogs. The neighborhood flooded Ranger out of his home. My dad had to place him into the shed. PupPup came running to me in my room. She knows I'm not a dog person. However, she was afraid of the lack of power. I took pity on the poor girl.

The power just came back on. At least we have air now! That outage was nearly 7 hours long. I think I'm going to bed. I'm wilted again.

[♪ Listening to: "I'm Your Angel" - Céline Dion w/ R. Kelly]

Oh, I posted a few storm pictures on my moblog.

Posted by Shawn at July 7, 2006 10:55 AM in General.