Our
Location today is at Windsor, Ontario.
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Kathy
headed off to bed minutes after I posted our Blog last night.
Once I make certain that it has gone live I then reset the
Document Template so that I will be ready for the next day. It
was at that moment that the phone beeped and the screen lit up. A
second later Kathy was gasping for air.
I’ve
mentioned that we both sleep using CPAP Machines. CPAPs
require electricity to operate and when there’s no electricity they
shut down. We had no Power
and the only lights that were working were the Emergency Lights
in the hallway. Kathy couldn’t understand how that never happened
in our Trailer. It did many years ago until I set up a Battery
Bank with a Pure Sine Wave Inverter then it never happened
again.
We
knew we would not sleep properly without our Machines but
after an Hour we headed off to bed with hopes the power would
come on soon. We tossed and turned forcing ourselves to lay on our
sides to minimize our Apneas. Soon finally happened at 5:30
this morning when we heard the phone once again beep then our
Machines energized. At least we slept until nearly 9:00 using
our CPAPs.
We
had a Muffin for breakfast but really could have gone back to
bed. Looking at the Cloud filled sky only enforced that
thought but instead we followed through with our morning routine with
our Coffee/Tea at the Computers.
Thinking
food might help the situation we had Chicken and Rice Soup
along with an Open-Faced Cheese Sandwich for lunch. Then we
had Grapes, a Yogurt Cup and the last of the Very
Berry Pie for dessert.
The
food seemed to help give us the energy we were lacking. We
accomplished a number of things including getting our Tax Return
ready this afternoon. Like the US,
Canada has also extended the due
date but why wait.
I
forgot to mention how we had our Balcony Door open less the a
minute today. With the 43 F (6 C) temperature and 30
MPH Winds it was just a little too breezy inside.
Around
5:00 we worked together making breakfast for supper. We had Ham
and Eggs with Toast. Then Kathy served out a small dish of
Chapman’s Chocolate Frozen Yogurt for dessert.
While
we were watching the 6 o’clock Local News
we found out why the power went out last night. Someone driving a
brand new Jeep Wrangler went around a bend on Riverside
Drive a bit too fast and took out the Power Pole a
Quarter Mile from our Apartment.
The Jeep has a few salvageable parts left and the driver was
charge with “D U I”.
Even
though we hope to have a better night’s sleep maybe I should set up
an Inverter
in our Apartment.
Thank
you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.
Be
Safe and Enjoy!
It’s
about time.
Krackers
Words
of Inspiration
April
hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
William
Shakespeare
There's usually a simple explanation for why our power outages occur but sometimes we never find out what it is. Glad all is well.
ReplyDeleteWow, is that a 3 egg breakfast (supper) I see.
ReplyDeleteLooks mighty good with that ham.
Funny, my first thought was reset your EMS system! LOL Too used to you being in an RV. Glad you got power back. Breakfast looks so yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteUs RVers get reliant on that backup power source. In Mexico the power goes off lots and most of our neighbours there have really old bad batteries and in about a half hour they are asking us why we still have power. I just show them all the batteries!!
ReplyDeleteI slept little last night too. Leonard was watching TV in the living room til after 1. And he just does not realize how loud he needs the volume. I finally drifted up after 3. Biscuit likes to go out by 7.
ReplyDeleteLets hope we all get a better nights sleep tonight.
Chapman's frozen yogurt is a sanity saver for my IBS ice cream free requirements. Love it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you two made it through the night. Good idea to have a couple batteries and an inverter for times like that. Hook up a solar panel and you'll be ready for the next drunk:))
ReplyDeleteSure never know when the power is going to go off! Scary I'm sure..
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