Our power went out last night, and it took them until 7:30 this morning, about ten hours, to get it back on. Unreal. Puget Sound Energy said on Twitter that it could take as long as until Thursday to get everyone back up. That seems insane to me. The wind storm was certainly not as bad as your average night of thunderstorms in the Midwest, which is wind as well as lightning (and tornadoes), yet I can't remember any time that I lost power more than a few hours. I guess they're just not equipped for that out here, the way they aren't equipped for snow.
But here's the worst part of it: It's November in Seattle. If your power goes out in the Midwest in July, no worries, since it's probably 70+ degrees. The house got really, really cold by morning, and if the power did not return, we'd have to relocate until it did.
And that's crappy because Diana and Simon are sick. It's not like flat on your back high fever sick, but they're both fairly miserable with the congestion and coughing and sneezing. To Simon's credit, he has been such a trooper, because on top of the this he's also got any number of teeth swelling up his gums, and he's tugging at his ears. He's visibly uncomfortable, but he wants to be happy, and tries his best.
In any case, I stayed home today to take some of the load off. Simon got a good three hour nap in, and Diana got at least two this morning. Hopefully they can sleep it off after not having ideal sleep overnight.
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