Our power went out at 3:30 am when a large tree fell on the lines nearby. About 7,000 households in the area were affected. We might have slept peacefully through the whole thing, but the alarm panel in the hall immediately starts beeping (then moves on to shrieking stage) when the house system switches over to "emergency" battery mode.
At that hour, brains don't function well, especially without caffeine, but John managed to disable the dang thing, then rounded up our collection of battery lamps.
He headed back to bed in the dark, but I made a cup of instant coffee and went in the living room to marvel at the utter silence. (You don't realize how noisy it is until everything stops.) Thank goodness for gas stoves and matches. Seattle City Light website gave an estimate of 10 am for restoration, but fortunately we were back in business by 5:30.
I'm making a hearty egg and potato breakfast. It feels like we've been awake forever. That should fortify us for an trip to the grocery store this morning. Nap time later.
Our air quality got slightly better yesterday afternoon-- then turned worse again. The unhealthy air alert extended now until Saturday morning. The long promised and anticipated rain should finally arrive this afternoon. We need a good drenching.
Have a nice weekend.
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