Weird Weather

Things around here have been quite eventful while Mark has been away, and not the fun kind of eventful, either. Besides having both boys get sick, and having the furnace break down on us, we had a full 11 hours with no power yesterday.

Starting on Sunday, we had very high winds, constant downpour, and warm temps. The gale continued through the night; the power went out at 6 a.m. Monday morning, and communities from south Anchorage to north of Seward were without power. (To give some perspective, that's over 100 miles along the highway without power). No wonder it took so long to get it back up and running!

Seward Highway was closed due to flooding, and just south of Seward a bridge actually went out. Apparently it was the top story in Alaska news last night! You can view the article here: http://www.ktuu.com/cms/anmviewer.asp?a=6746&z=1

Needless to say, we were thrilled when the power came back on! Andrew doesn't yet have the concept that electricity is an all-or-nothing deal. He went around the house turning on various lights, and would announce to me that they were working as they went. He got to a lamp in the living room, and said,

The 'lectricity works, mom. Praise the Lord!

Amen, son.