We are fine. I have a friend who lives in Tzfat, Israel, who is literally on his balcony at this moment watching rockets explode around him and his family’s apartment. We are fine.
I believe photos are still not showing up on emailed blog posts, but you can click the title to see them. This was taken from a friend around the corner from us.
Early on Monday morning, the rain and wind flew through the city, and it was a sight. The power of nature is simply stunning and awesome. Our power went out and our generator did not kick on as is it’s one job, ahem. By mid-day, I was packing a bag and driving my daughter and me toward Austin, unsure where we would end up. There were countless broken and uprooted trees and downed power lines and almost no one on the roads.
I still can’t believe how vulnerable we are to weather events given all our other technological advances.
Mr. B stayed home because he wasn’t feeling well and waited for the repair person, who DID eventually show up to replace the generator battery, and all seemed ok. But it broke again a few hours later and started smoking! So now it’s been several days with no power and no word from the repair person or anyone else. Spotty phone and internet. Frustrating, especially since this is a key couple of weeks for his work.
Our generator was a life-saver during “The Freeze of 2021” and again a couple months ago during the derecho, whatever that was. Still, having 2 million people without power is ridiculous and dangerous given the heat and humidity of a Houston July.
Apparently it’s not good to be just to the right of the hurricane’s eye, even if it’s a puny-ish storm.
I’m making the best of a not-great situation. My daughter and I have been playing cards, laughing a lot, and having good talks. I attended my online classes and have been doing the reading, homework, working on papers. Now that the airports are open, she and I are heading home today to repack and go someplace else, a planned trip. And hopefully Mr. B will have that generator turned on asap.
Champagne problems, I know, but I had not planned to be away from home after traveling abroad for a week and having this next trip on the horizon. I am going to quickly grab bills that need to be paid, laundry that I can wash somewhere else, books I need for class, etc. etc.
Thanks for checking on us! We are ok.
