So, two nights ago we had a huge wind storm here in Utah. I woke up (actually, Gianna woke me up) to howling winds and a car alarm going off. I was thankful that we were safe and toasty in our house, although I was not thankful for having to be awake to feed the baby... her schedule has been off since getting back from South Carolina.
Then, around 9am, I heard this loud popping, cracking noise coming from outside. I thought the shingles were coming off the roof or something! I kept checking the front yard for damage, and then the back yard to see if the giant trash cans had been hitting the house. Nothing seemed wrong. So then, I went to let Nola in, only to find her cowering by the back door whinning. I looked up and saw the power lines behind our house zapping the trees like a giant bug zapper! I let Nola in, and then the power went out.
I called the power company, who said that they would give me an automated call to tell me when our power was estimated to come back on. 2 1/2 hours later, I hadn't heard anything from them, so I called back. Turns out I didn't get a call because they had no idea when they would get around to turning our power back on! They had 28,000 customers wtihout power, and we are apparently at the bottom of the list.
So, here we are, the next day, sitting at Starbucks because we have no power and no heat. Poor Nola was by herself again last night (thank you Valerie and Larry for letting us stay over!). We are hoping to be back in our house tonight, but it doesn't look good. At least I hadn't had time to go grocery shopping yet, so we won't lose any food in the fridge :o)
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