Saturday Morning Posted in the Afternoon.

We awoke this morning to the sound of an Electrical Transformer exploding down the block.

This, of course, caused all the power to shutdown for ourselves and immediate neighbors.
It is in situations like this having a laptop as your primary conduit, is a good thing. The house
PC was struggling to stay alive on the UPS. It did long enough for me to save everything and shut it down.

What was most amazing was the quite. No motors buzzing, no electronics humming or beeping.
There's a lively windstorm whipping up the neighborhood and it was easier to hear it as it blew
down tree limbs or caused various ventilation functions to kick in or hit back as the wind tried
to come into the house. I was able to sit on the couch in the living room and read a book by daylight.
Normally on a Saturday morning the living room is occupied and the sound of the Disney Channel
permeates the air.

The good news is the water and gas were still operating. I was able to put on the kettle and
have some tea while I read my book with the music of the wind in the background. Following
the advise not to open the refrigerator, I fell back on the Carnation Non-fat Dry milk for the
tea. Non-dairy creamers and tea don't mix. IMHO.

Enough for the Saturday morning notes to be posted when the power returns.

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