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The power went out last night a little before 7pm. You might know if would happen on the hottest day of the year. It was 105 outside my back door. The heat index in Wilmington, DE was 123. Wilmington is about 20 miles from here. Anyway, I talked to one of my neighbors who had called the power company and found it would take until 9pm for the power to be restored. It was 7:30 by then and the heat and humidity had climbed inside the house. It was 89 degrees in here. I called my nephew and went to his house until 9 o'clock. When I returned home, the power had been restored. The neighbors and I thought someone must have hit a utility pole because about 5 minutes later, the fire whistle blew. It must have been on the Chesapeake City side of Bethel Rd because there was on sign of any accident heading toward DE.
I woke up at 4:30 am and turned the A/C down to 78 to cool the place down before the peak usage time cuts off to 80 degrees. It's supposed to be another hot one today (102)until 8pm when the Tstorms come. Then it will cool down to 90 degrees tomorrow.
I went to Home Depot yesterday with a list of things to get. They didn't have one. Mulch was on sale the other day but it must have been a one day sale because it was no longer on sale. I needed some clamps to screw my white wire shelves to the wall. Home Depot did not have any white wire shelves. They had gray wire shelves with totally different accessories for installing them. I tried Lowe's. They had the clamps but were plastic. Plastic does not hold up. After a couple years, the clamps break and the shelf falls off the wall. I had no choice but to get them. When I checked out, the cost was $9.72. What a rip-off. I don't remember the metal clamps being that expensive. These clamps are Rubbermaid and the metal ones are Closet-Maid. I'm going to try the other Home Depot. If they have the Closet-Maid, I;ll return the Rubbermaid to Lowe's.
It's off to my niece's pool today. Her pool is in the shade.
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at July 23, 2011 6:37 AMYea, I saw that Wilmington stat on TV a while ago.
We lost power twice in Gettysburg and twice last night here in Bridgeton for a few minutes. Our rig has a surge protector. Lots of times campground have surges and without a surge protector it blows the fridge, TVs, everthing!
When it goes off it takes 2 minutes and 6 seconds to reset.
Glad yours came back on and you had somewhere close to escape to.
Phyllis
Posted by: at July 23, 2011 7:45 PM