Our power went off the other night. It was late, but everyone was still up. It seemed to be just a few houses and my son reported seeing sparks and hearing a loud noise.
The weather had cooled off by then, so not having air conditioning wasn't a problem. My husband was not reclined in his electric powered chair, so he was not trapped in it this time.
We had lanterns, but it was still distressing to have everything go off.
I called the Department of Water and Power. They sent someone out within an hour. t took them a couple of hours to fix the problem which turned out to be a fallen line. Had the weather been different, those sparks could have started a fire and if there had been wind too, it could have turned into a real problem.
When the lights came back on, suddenly everything seemed easy to deal with. I guess that's the positive about problems. It's such a relief when they're over and it makes you appreciate things so much more.
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