Stormy Weather

We just spent over 30 hours realizing how much we depend on electricity these days. The wind knocked down trees and power lines all over the place. At one time over 4,000 people in this area were without power.
Our freezer stayed pretty cold but we had to take everything out of the fridge and ice it down in coolers. We had the Coleman stove and lantern, candles and oil lamps ready, because we knew a bad storm was on the way.
Carol and I played Scrabble by candlelight Sunday evening.
The winds Monday were the worst, we lost some more of the Pines in front of the house, and the highway was closed while the power company and neighbors sawed them up. One of the panels blew off of the greenhouse roof and a couple of large Snowball bushes got uprooted.
It's kind of fun to go back to the old ways with no electric appliances or computers for a while, but then when your food starts to spoil and there's no hot water for a shower and you can't read your email it starts to get old.
I guess we're spoiled.