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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 11:16 PM | Comments (0)
July 20, 2006
Powerless
Last night, a major storm hit St. Louis, knocking out power to about 500,000 “customers”—meaning residences, offices, etc. That amounts to probably close to one million people without power, including me. AmerenUE is estimating that it will take them five to nine days to restore power fully, so who knows how long I’ll be without it. Considering I’m moving in ten days, the timing probably could’ve been better… but oh well.
No AC, no computer (I’m at Brody’s right now, thankfully he wasn’t affected), no refrigeration, no lights, no phone other than my cell phone. So if you need to contact me, use my cell number: (314) 922-1923. Here’s hoping everyone else is okay.
Posted by alex at 11:14 AM | Comments (0)