That was fun...
Jul. 22nd, 2002 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaShortly after my last post, the power went out. It's just come back up.
It was a very strange thing: only my side of the street was affected, and even the people on the other side of the alley still had light. But it was out for at least three blocks! I walked down and looked. People all down the street were outside, because it was far cooler out there than indoors without fans or airconditioning.
I lit several candles and my grandmother's old oil lamp, but I had to extinguish the lamp when it started flaming out below the wick opening. Too bad, because it casts far more light than any candle.
If only I'd been able to find my non-cordless phone, it would almost have been fun. Of course, not being able to play Amber sucked. But I'm back now and all is well.
It was a very strange thing: only my side of the street was affected, and even the people on the other side of the alley still had light. But it was out for at least three blocks! I walked down and looked. People all down the street were outside, because it was far cooler out there than indoors without fans or airconditioning.
I lit several candles and my grandmother's old oil lamp, but I had to extinguish the lamp when it started flaming out below the wick opening. Too bad, because it casts far more light than any candle.
If only I'd been able to find my non-cordless phone, it would almost have been fun. Of course, not being able to play Amber sucked. But I'm back now and all is well.
