We made it through the first storm last thursday just fine… Well – except for loosing some big branches off of our tress…. But no serious damage to speak of.

The second storm hit on Friday and again I thought we were going to be fine… About a half an hour after it passed, our power went off…

and stayed off.

it’s STILL off.

Trying to pack and prepare for a 10 day roadtrip in the dark is less than ideal.

Plan-man West is doing a great job at holding his composure in the face of the chaos…. he hasn’t lost it…. yet.

Evenings have been dipping down into the 60’s so we’ve been able to sleep.

Ran the stuff from our freezer over to dad’s deep-freeze in his basement.

Heat and humidity is gradually coming back though… I’m worrying about the cats.

Chad says South City looks like a warzone… Tress on houses… Tress on cars… National guardsmen everywhere…

Dead people are turning up… mostly elderly who cooked in their homes during the tail end of the last heat wave.

Power is off at work too so I don’t know when I’ll get access to a connection again to post.

bitchmoan
I tried Starbuck’s figuring that’s where you go for such things – but they charge for wifi access apparently… Sure – it’s only 9 bucks for a “day-pass” (and I’ll probably break down and get one) – but considering the profit margin on a cup of coffee – I’m pretty disappointed… Actually – I’m grossed out.

Panera doesn’t charge for access, (yeah! go home-town company for not being shitty) – but – here’s the rub. Remember when my laptop died? – I never put Microsoft Internet Explorerâ„¢ back on my machine… which… is required to log on and activate your wi-fi connection at Panera…. and – I don’t have a connection, so I can’t download I.E…. soo… *hits head on table*
/bitchmoan

The weekend has been a comedy of inconveniences like this.

Will try to check in again – but it may be somewhere on the road between our little storm-ravaged rivertown and chicken.