What is going on...yet another power outage!

This was definitively not an early rise day.  Though I was awake, my arms and back ached so I did not get up until eleven o'clock and could have stayed in bed even longer.  That is the problem with procrastination...sooner or later you pay the price times two.

Got an e-mail notification that my order was ready for pick up at Walmart.  Briefly considered going to pick it up. Concluded that it could wait until tomorrow.  Decided to have an early dinner when the lights went out at 4:51 p.m.  I was livid!

WTH is going on?  This time I was ready...the cell phone was charged...I had the correct number to report an outage not just in one room but in several. I had just finished bringing in the charged solar lights and this week I had frozen even more water bottles as well as 64 oz Apple Juice containers.

I was the first person to report the outage in my area per the individual who took my report.  After a while it got stuffy so I opened up the kitchen windows as we had SE 9 mph winds with gusts of 16 mph.

Turned off or disconnected the power strips to protect my electrical equipment as well as the air conditioning.  At 6:30 p.m. the electricity came back on after 2 hours and 19 minutes.  It lasted all of maybe 10 seconds when it went out again but not before I heard several transmitters blow.

At 7:02 p.m. the electricity was finally restored.  So today's outage lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes and I have NO idea what caused it.

I was too stressed out by the events so decided to make the trip to Walmart after all.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Without Power for 14 hours 50 minutes...

The 6:00 p.m. news yesterday afternoon mentioned that there was a "possibility" of evening showers but there was a good chance that they would not materialize.  Around 8:35 p.m. the winds started blowing but not bad probably about 25 mph followed shortly by thunder and lightning.

Decided to write my blog entry early when all of a sudden the lights went out at 9:10 p.m.  I could not understand why as the thunderstorm was not that severe yet.  Then the winds started whipping up, the rain began beating on the windows and all hell broke loose.

Today, I would learn that the wind speeds got to 60 mph while at Laughlin Air Force Base they reached 70 mph at the height of the storm.

Thank goodness I had charged my solar lights so at least we had some sort of illumination.  The only thing I miss about having a real landline is that they actually ring during power outages.  While "technically" we still have one...it does not work without electricity since it is bundled with  Internet, cable and telephone service with Spectrum.

I would later find out that the City of Del Rio Emergency Management System did a robocall to all the residents at 9:39 p.m.  My question is WHY until then?  By now the storm was over! 

At 9:46 p.m. the outside street lamp...that WE pay for as there were no street lights when we first moved here...came on as well as the lights to all the neighbors across the street.  I could not see the lights on our side of the street as my family owns several lots and with all the rain we have experienced recently along with the growth it was impossible to see beyond my lot (adjacent to my parent's property).

I signed up mother for paperless billing a couple of years back to cut down on the paper clutter so had no actual bill to look up a number to report the outage to.  Decided to Google it only to find out that my cellphone battery was very low.  The number they gave me would disconnect me as soon as I inputted my area code.  Wished CPL had referred me to their parent company AEP who is the one that actually handles these matters.

To make an already long story short...and after multiple calls...the lights came back on exactly at twelve noon today.  It took 14 hours and 50 minutes for us to have power.

I was exhausted and after taking a two-hour nap with the A/C turned down to 72...once the power was restored...I felt a little better.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Power Outage

Finally had some time to spend surfing the web this afternoon only to have it cut short by a power outage. While this is nothing new in the area my mother lives, it was surprising to find out that it was countywide. Power was out from Laughlin Air Force Base (LAFB) to Comstock, Texas.

We received a satellite call from the City of Del Rio, twenty minutes after power had been restored advising the population that parts of Lake Amistad area were still without electricity. They urged us not to call 911 unless it was a true emergency.

I chose the wrong day to try to acclimate my system to drinking coffee again. For those new to my blog...coffee is not my friend...it makes me nervous and jittery. You might ask yourself..." then why do you drink it? "  I drink it because if I don't, I tend to want to fall asleep when I drive long distances.

Since my mother's fall and subsequent back problems, we have not had to drive to San Antonio, however, we have an upcoming trip to that city.  I currently have a headache and I feel like vomiting.  Tried to take a nap during the outage but was unable to do so. It would have been an excellent opportunity to get some yard work done but decided to pass...though I know full well it will come back to bite me :-(

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.