Saturday, December 23, 2006

How does one rate a week?


7 days
168 hours
10,080 minutes

Any way you look at it, that's how many days, hours, minutes we were without electricity at home. Thursday, December 14th, 2006 ~ an incredible wind storm blew into Western Washington, leaving 1,000,000+ homes without power. Temperatures over the days following the storms dropped into the 20's; Tragic deaths as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

We huddled around the wood burning stove to keep warm, we heated cans of soup, chili, stew to a semi-warm state in a matter of 45 minutes-1 hour. showers become a luxury item ~ one that we could't afford much.

With mixed blessing, our hearts go out to those who are still without power until after the Christmas holiday, as well as we feel joyful to finally be "in the light" again.

God bless to you all ~ Merry Christmas!

2 comments:

Elise said...

So glad you all got power back before Christmas! Craziness in the NW for sure! Have a blessed Christmas together as a family of 5. Hopefully next Christmas you will be a family of 6!

k1 said...

I was feeling sorry for myself for being without power for 104.5 hours (4 days) until I started talking to people who were without for 9-11 days. I counted my blessings after that.

What I don't get is the 1.5 hour commute this morning (Jan 18) AFTER the ice has melted off the roads. I got to work quicker when there was ice and snow!!

Karen in Redmond
Aunt to Katie in Michigan via Yangdong SWI, Guangdong Province, China. LID 07-20-2005, Gotcha day 11-07-2006

The time between now and your TA will be agonizingly slow, yet it will also fly by. God is creating the perfect baby for you