It was an interesting week for us. Tuesday I got back from taking the older boys to stay with Grandparents and bringing Chase back with me. He had been visiting the prior week. Wednesday the babies and I spent the day doing some grocery shopping and the had Chase’s yearly checkup at the doctor (he got one shot…he did not appreciate it). Wednesday evening some storms began to roll in. We were right in the middle of dinner when the tornado sirens started blaring. The babies and I hunkered down in the bathroom, while Jason roamed the house looking out the windows. Around 7:00pm the lights went out. This isn’t the first time we have lost power during a storm. We assumed the power would be restored within 30 minutes or so. We assumed wrong.
52 hours…
That is how long we were without power. The most frustrating part was not knowing how long it would be. We were not given and estimates during the process of the clean up. There was a confirmed tornado near us. There was a lot of damage of fences and trees near us, but most everyone got their power back within a few hours. Except our neighborhood. Do you know how irritating it is to be sitting in your sweltering house and to know that the people two blocks away have power?
After two HOT nights we finally decided that we didn’t care when the power was coming back on and headed to a hotel. Turns out the power came on sometime around 11:0o pm the night we were at the hotel. But I don’t care. We had a fun time sitting in our SUPER cold hotel room, going swimming and shopping. We stayed at the Embassy Suites that is attached to Bass Pro Shops. It was lovely, we had a good time and came home feeling refreshed. And, I was having such a good time I didn’t take a single picture. Ooops.
We lost all the food in the fridge and all of it in the freezer in the house. However, our deep freeze out in the garage stayed completely frozen. Considering it is filled with deer and boar meat, this is GOOD. We would have hated to have to throw all of that away.
It was a frustrating 52 hours and I hope to never repeat it, but it could have been worse and I know that.
Not fun. I just read an interesting blog about having no power…I’ll try to link to it when I find it again. I was worried about everyone without power…it was TOO hot and way too humid to be without electricity. Glad the freezer survived…what brand is it:)
Wow!!! Scary! We had a tornado warning in our neighborhood once. I put Austin and the dog in the hallway (the only safe place in our ranch style house) and the hail started! That was enough for me! We don’t have sirens either… that would have freaked me out hearing those!