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July 21, 2006
48 Hours
Power came back on about three hours ago, after 48 hours of darkness and heat. Yesterday the heat index reached 120 degrees, and I spend most of the day over at Brody’s (his power was unaffected, thankfully), and then Ben and Carol Ann very generously offered me their place (also unaffected) for the night, as they’re both out of town.
So I’ll dispense with the stereotypical “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone” platitudes and just say thank you to AmerenUE for restoring my electricity. As of right now, hundreds of thousands of people around the city are still without power, AC, refrigeration, or lights, and I’m very grateful not to be among them anymore. I bought a disposable camera tonight, and tomorrow I’ll try taking and posting some pictures of the fallen tree branches.
Posted by alex at July 21, 2006 11:16 PM