It was sunny and calm Saturday morning when Lorraine went for her daily walk. Later in the day it clouded up and a thunder storm rolled in from Black Diamond. So we settled in to a movie and turned the sound up so we could hear it over the rain pounding on the living room slide.
At 7:35 I heard a loud pop from outside and every thing went quiet, the TV stopped, my computer screen went black and all we could hear was the rain. A transformer was knocked out and the power in Country Lane Estates was gone for a good three hours. With a power outage the pumps stopped and nobody gets water. During a lull in the rain we could hear our neighbours being told by another neighbour to turn off the power breaker at the post. The one neighbour who lives in a park model stopped be to ask if we had thrown our breaker and asked if we were ok for water as they had only small bottles. We had plenty on board and could use the 12v pump. It really rained hard and continued all night.
Since it was dark and our entertainment was cut short Randal and I retired at 9:00 pm. The power did come back on at 9:45 pm and we could hear the neighbours yelling to everyone that could hear “The Power's Back On!” We didn't need it so we left our power off until morning.
In the morning it was still raining but this did not stop Lorraine from going out for her morning ritual walk.
She was a little wet after the 55 minutes when she got back.
The clouds let the sun through about 11 am.
Is this a holiday weekend? Lets go camping.
So remember to “Discover It and Live It”.
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