Powerless: A Foretaste of Obama
Oh my! I have electric! I have internet! Sunday started out as pleasantly as any day, and I paid the brisk winds little heed. As those winds increased I was not particularly alarmed as high wind days aren’t particularly unusual around these parts. Now everyone I had talked to had heard that we could expect gusts up to 35 miles per hour. When trees started falling over and the tin roof on a house down the block started peeling off, I came to the brilliant conclusion that the weather folks had it wrong again.
Then the power went off.
I have been fortunate in having little experience with power outages. And though our entire city was blanketed in darkness, our experience does not compare to those regions that experience the full onslaught of a hurricane. We had gusts up to 80 MPH and nary a drop of rain. Loosing power during benign weather is a blessing. With mild days and cool nights, no one froze and no one endured unbearable heat. As disasters go, this one was mild.
But it sure provided a lesson in preparedness that this family has taken due note of. Fortunately this house is full of manly men and before long the kerosene lamps and camp stoves were out of storage and running. Water was not affected and with a gas fueled water heater we were not deprived of hot water. We fell short of all other necessities though. No generators and a diligent search conjured up only four batteries for a beat up radio that took them. Candles were rather sparse but with the camp lights, we got through. The boys went in search of ice and found a few pockets near by that for some reason still had power. There chaos reigned as folks sought out ice and food stuffs and gasoline. Those without cash had to search for operating ATMs and some businesses, though having power, could neither sell gas or products because everything is computerized.
Bottom line, we got through with little discomfort. But it became clear to me how addicted we are to cable and internet. Without either I was rather a nervous wreck. Especially since I earn my income online. A neighbor who lives alone and with even less resources than we had got our only radio so I was basically in a news blackout save for making quick trips to sit in the car and listening in to local talk shows. Though I caught some news from the elections, I have been spared my daily dose of Obama poison but a brief glimpse at what Ligneus has posted seems to indicate that the bastard is proving himself to be the traitor that intelligent people have long ago surmised. But one thought that came to me as we made our way through the last few powerless days is that this is a glimpse of the world that Barack Hussein Obama will bring America. A world of scarcity, of rationing, and, quite frankly , of darkness.
Well, I have to go catch up with business. I do thank my faithful blogging partner Ligneus for keeping up the pace. I’ll be back this evening.
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"Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. It's the sand of the Coliseum. He'll bring them death... and they will love him for it."
