Power is On

I'm not sure which was more instrumental in geting our power back this evening, the amount of gasoline for the generator I bought today, or that I made the blog entry yesterday.

I took three five-gallon cans to town today. That's enough to run my generator for a week. I considered filling only one can, as I have an appointment in town in a couple of days and could get more then. But I filled all three, figuring that doing so would cause the power to come on before I could burn any of it.

This evening, late, a large white truck with a cherry picker cruised down our street with a spotlight following the power line. I grabbed a flashlight and ran out to the road to tell him wires were down at the very end of the road. He said a crew was down there already. He turned around and went back toward the highway. Half an hour later, the power came on.

Now that the water has had time to heat, I'm going to take a long, hot shower. And in the morning, I won't have to unplug the refrigerator to make coffee.