Who Am I Kidding?

Ah heck, who am I kidding? Stop blogging?! Ha! What a crock that is. So here’s my earthquake and blackout story…

Quake woke me up. Thought it was all over and went to watch TV. Saw 5 seconds of some football game then all the stations went out. A few seconds later, the power went and didn’t return until after midnight.

For lunch, family came over (and ignored all the warning to stay off the roads). Managed to find an open Subway and got sodas and chips from Safeway. During a power outage, all diets go out the window and non-perisable junk food is the way to go. Nacho cheese, Twinkies, chips, and other goodies won’t spoil so are ideal.

For entertainment, a bucketful of Potato Heads does the trick. No electricity needed!

Around 4:30pm, it was already getting dark. We headed to the in-laws who had a gas stove and was cooking up dinner for others in their neighborhood. Had hot rice, BBQ ribs and chicken, all by candlelight.


Here are some shots of the gloomy view.

Went home around 9pm and saw lights on the roads and in homes. But as we drove up our street, the street lights weren’t on. The block below had power, but not further up. Here’s a shot from our yard.

Had to use our emergency kit of a portable radio, candles, and flashlight to make it through the night.

Power went on sometime around midnight. Food in our refrigerator was there about 17 hours without power. Still good (I hope)!

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