Our power and the rest of Seattle / Eastside went out last Thursday night. Ours finally came back today - that's nearly a WEEK.... argh.
We suffered 4 nights at sub zero temperatures burning what we could find to keep alive and huddling under as many covers as we could put onto the beds. For the first couple of days there were no shops or restaurants open within 100 miles due to them also losing power too and we had to make do with what we had in the cupboards (very little). My family had literally just arrived from the UK as it went off and after my 80 + yr old grandmother almost died of hypothermia on the 4th night we managed to escape to the mountains to a friends cabin which although situated in 5 feet of snow, did at least have power and heating. After a couple of nights there we've finally been able to come home. Woefully behind on Christmas shopping and preparations as a result and desperately in need of washing some clothes and getting rid of the smell of woodsmoke from the house.
All because of a sodding windstorm - not even a hurricane or anything major, just a mere windstorm.
Bah Humbug.
Posted by katie at December 20, 2006 04:09 PM