All in all, we were extremely...what's the word: fortunate, lucky, blessed? Whatever word you use, our family escaped the Great Wind of '20 with only minor inconveniences.
The lack of power for thirty-six hours was our biggest problem.
It's amazing how a little thing like losing power makes you realize how incredibly unprepared we are if something really big were to happen. Food shortages earlier in the year was a good start to this fact. The country almost stopped functioning due to a shortage of toilet paper.
And so, Tuesday night while hoards of people were scrambling to get power restored to the masses, my family gathered in the front room surrounded by candles and flashlights and I was writing a journal entry by candlelight.
Last night, thankfully, the power was restored. That was heaven-sent.
When the power was out and we were shuffling food back and forth from our house to my mother-in-law's to try and save as much as possible, my son said that we weren't very prepared. He noted that the lack of power was causing us so much trouble.
My son's very preceptive.
Tonight, after I finish up this post, I'll pull out my journal and under the soft glow of electric light, I'll record my day's activities. Still, writing by candlelight was cool. I just hope I don't have to do it much in the future.
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