Sam's Blog

WET!

A series of storms have come through dropping up to a couple of inches per day. That, combined with 20-30mph winds (gusts to 50mph) has made it pretty miserable - weather-wise.

Power Down!!!
Our power went out on Saturday at around 4pm. Subsequently, we discovered that we were woefully unprepared for the situation. I pulled out a few candles that I light while studying - but they didn't provide much light. We scrambled for flashlights - but the ones that we found had dying batteries. I pulled out my battery-operated lantern which also had dying batteries...

So... We decided to go out for dinner at around 5. We headed to our favorite (and only) local Mexican Restaurant - Cancun. After a good dinner, we headed over to Walgreens for emergency supplies. Walgreens didn't have much as far as emergency supplies are concerned, so we picked up batteries and went home.

We got back home at around 6:30 - still no power. At least now we had plenty of light. The kids were in bed by 7:30 and we were asleep on the couch by 8:30 (we headed upstairs sometime later...)... The power was restored around 8:00am Sunday.

Zoo...and more rain
Sunday morning was nice. So, we headed into Seattle to the Woodland Park Zoo. As usual, we had a great time. By the time we got home and put the kids down for a nap, the rain started again. It rained pretty hard from then and through the night....and this morning. My 6 block walk from the train station to my building was very windy and wet....I wonder how long before my clothes dry.....

posted by Sam @ 9:03 AM