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Was having an 80’s flashback when I did this…

The power has returned to our house, and so has the heat. Neighbor called us this morning to let us know. Fridge had to be cleaned out from the ice that had melted. That ice, along with cranking the fridge temperature down several hours before we lost power along with keeping it closed saved most…

Not staying here tonight…

Nice to do something normal even if the situation at home isn’t.

While we are still without power, they appear to be making some progress. Downtown Port Orchard had power last night, and the PSE status message sounds less gloom and doom. Once we check out of the hotel–we don’t have a room here tonight–we’ll go survey things ourselves firsthand. Got to feed the cats too as…

The windstorm came and caused all kinds of havoc, but my family is safe. I’m going to be offline for a while. Check my Twitter timeline for updates (twitter.com/PhoneBoy) since SMS is easier now.

This is as much about a cool invention as it is a human interest story. I tell you, I wish I had a couple of these pots handy right about now, given how close we are to losing power.

We managed to keep the lights on long enough to get the kids to bed. But I can hear the wind and the rain picking up outside. At dusk, a tree blew into our driveway, obstructing our ability to drive out. Not that I particularly want to be anywhere but inside in these conditions. It…

As I alluded to in my previous post, the weather is about to take a turn for the worse here. The nasty weather: high winds. It’s the same kind of winds that knocked the power out yesterday, but these winds will be a bit stronger. This graphic I found on The Weather Channel website pretty…