Windpocalypse Aftermath: Later Friday
Getting inventive - or getting back to the basics:
From the time we lost the power the Thursday night, the night of the windstorm, we had opened the refrigerator very infrequently. The leftovers were still good...but cold. We arranged some natural firewood in the fireplace so that a small pot or a pan could be placed securely on top. After selecting a couple of vessels that we could stand to sacrifice (them turning permanantly black), we were all set to warm up the leftovers and have our lunch.
After lunch, I listened to the news again. More stories of fallen trees, Majority of the PSE customers in the King county out of power. Still more stories of fallen trees and power lines. Like the good citizens we are, we decided not to venture out.
Just a few hours later, close to sundown, we decided to have an afternoon snack and hot tea before it would turn dark. Back to the fireplace :)
The time passed very slowly once it got dark. The stories of previous power outages do come in handy, but they don't last forever. Few more hours, and we were hungry again. "This probably would be the last meal out of leftovers. Some restaurants better get their power back by tomorrow." The fireplace food-warming was making us nostalgic about the food cooked over the wood burning stoves in the country back home. We were cold, but tried to have a (not so) romantic, candle-light supper.
The time passed even slower. The temperature overnight was expected to dip below freezing. So, before going to bed, we put out a bunch of food from the refrigerator on the patio, including the milk :)
The sleep was far from sound. Every three hours or so, I found myself getting up to throw another log into the fireplace :(
From the time we lost the power the Thursday night, the night of the windstorm, we had opened the refrigerator very infrequently. The leftovers were still good...but cold. We arranged some natural firewood in the fireplace so that a small pot or a pan could be placed securely on top. After selecting a couple of vessels that we could stand to sacrifice (them turning permanantly black), we were all set to warm up the leftovers and have our lunch.
After lunch, I listened to the news again. More stories of fallen trees, Majority of the PSE customers in the King county out of power. Still more stories of fallen trees and power lines. Like the good citizens we are, we decided not to venture out.
Just a few hours later, close to sundown, we decided to have an afternoon snack and hot tea before it would turn dark. Back to the fireplace :)
The time passed very slowly once it got dark. The stories of previous power outages do come in handy, but they don't last forever. Few more hours, and we were hungry again. "This probably would be the last meal out of leftovers. Some restaurants better get their power back by tomorrow." The fireplace food-warming was making us nostalgic about the food cooked over the wood burning stoves in the country back home. We were cold, but tried to have a (not so) romantic, candle-light supper.
The time passed even slower. The temperature overnight was expected to dip below freezing. So, before going to bed, we put out a bunch of food from the refrigerator on the patio, including the milk :)
The sleep was far from sound. Every three hours or so, I found myself getting up to throw another log into the fireplace :(
posted by Laloo Eastsider at
11:08 PM
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