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Wild Weather
5/30/13 10:14 amYesterday evening, we had expected thunderstorms. But about 6:00pm, they started posting severe thunderstorm warnings and a tornado warning for my area, actually naming my town as being in the path of the funnel cloud they had seen forming. I was watching NCIS reruns and I never actually got to see the full episodes. The lights would go out, a minute later they would come back on, The lights would go out, a minute later they would come back on. Lather, rinse, repeat for two hours. Then, it calmed down. THEN at 9:15, the rain started in earnest and the thunderstorm kicked into high gear, with heavy winds, rain and hail.
About 9:30, in the middle of Criminal Minds, the lights went out for good. I went to look out the back door to see if all the lights were out in the apartment complex. CRAP! I had had a package delivered and there it was on the back step, sitting in the rain. There I was in my t-shirt and underwear trying to retrieve it in the gale-force winds. At first, I couldn't even open the door because it was so windy. I finally got the box inside. It was, of course, soaking wet. I hope it's ok. It's a stand fan.
Anyway, I could see the electric crew outside on the street working on the problem. I went to bed and tried to sleep using my back-up O2. It's hard for me to sleep without my CPAP. I snore and wake myself up constantly. But I did manage to fall asleep until the lights came back on at 1:40am. YAY! I got up, turned the main O2 back on, shut off the back up tank, hooked the O2 to my CPAP and went back to bed. I slept great until about 8:30 this morning.
I hope everyone else managed to make it through the storm as well as I did. I have friends in the Albany area where the storm was headed. I sent them messages to see if they made it ok. I haven't heard back, but it's only been a little while.
About 9:30, in the middle of Criminal Minds, the lights went out for good. I went to look out the back door to see if all the lights were out in the apartment complex. CRAP! I had had a package delivered and there it was on the back step, sitting in the rain. There I was in my t-shirt and underwear trying to retrieve it in the gale-force winds. At first, I couldn't even open the door because it was so windy. I finally got the box inside. It was, of course, soaking wet. I hope it's ok. It's a stand fan.
Anyway, I could see the electric crew outside on the street working on the problem. I went to bed and tried to sleep using my back-up O2. It's hard for me to sleep without my CPAP. I snore and wake myself up constantly. But I did manage to fall asleep until the lights came back on at 1:40am. YAY! I got up, turned the main O2 back on, shut off the back up tank, hooked the O2 to my CPAP and went back to bed. I slept great until about 8:30 this morning.
I hope everyone else managed to make it through the storm as well as I did. I have friends in the Albany area where the storm was headed. I sent them messages to see if they made it ok. I haven't heard back, but it's only been a little while.