It’s 10:41 p.m., pouring rain: The power went out a few minutes ago. The Internet is out…and I mean OUT out. Not a single site comes up, including Funny about Money. (I’m drafting this in Word.)
How exactly the Web works escapes me. But…uhmmmmm…I didn’t think it depended on a local power source. Google is not in Arizona, to say nothing of not in the Phoenix area. Wunderground may be in Phoenix, but Funny about Money sure ain’t. NOTHING comes up on the Internet.
This means I have no way of making a phone call, come to think of it. Well…I do have the iPhone, but am not about to stumble around the house finding it and then to dork with it to see if it works. Just hope for the best if it’s actually needed.
Without the AC or even a table fan, it’s hotter than hell in the house, and muggy.
Sirens are wailing….sounds like an ambulance or some other emergency vehicle headed toward John C. Lincoln hospital.
HOLEE maquerel! It hasn’t rained like this in years!
Hang in there, Little Roof. This is not the time to decide to leak.
Hope Josie is OK. Last I heard from her, that house – the place SDXB vacated when he ran away in terror from Tony the Romanian Gangster…uhm…Landlord – needed a new roof. I believe she had someone there patching it.
Hmmmm… A pickup just pulled up in front of Tony’s Home for Juvenile Delinquents…probably the Proprietor himself. This would make a good opportunity for one of the li’l darlin’s to make their escape. Or, more likely, for some kid to simply freak out. It is a WILD li’l storm.
And the Thunder Rolls…
and rolls…
and rolls …
and rolls….
That pool is gonna be a wreck. Hmmmm…today is Wednesday. Pool Dude comes on Mondays.
…Not…Good….
LOL! Here’s something weird! Even though the Internet connection seems to be Lost & Gone Forever, the games site that I left up last night when I went to bed is still working! [https://games.washingtonpost.com/en-us/games/word-wipe]
Wait! No…it’s not. Apparently it will let you play a game that’s in progress…it must download some data into your computer when you log on. But once that game is over, then it IS “game over”… 😀
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4:47 a.m.
Well. That was quite the little freshet.
A preliminary reconnoiter reveals nowhere near as much damage as expected. The pool, amazingly enough, is not a disaster area. Didn’t spot any broken trees or limbs in the yard…though admittedly, I didn’t look closely on the west and south sides.
There will be a fair amount of damage in the ‘Hood, but with any luck, little of it will be in my yard. Not much on the local Play-Gnus…just a few stories going oooh look, the wind is blowing eeeeek eek climate change! Actual reporting evidently went out with the covered wagon.
Hmmmm… The dog has gone back to sleep. Maybe I can catch a few extra Z’s, too….