[Steppes] Riding on the Storm

[Elaine Crittenden]

We didn't have electricity for a couple of days, either. 

Luckily, the neighbor across the creek had electricity until yesterday
(Thurs) and let us string my Warlord outdoor extension cord and my husband's
in a chain to our refrigerator to keep our food safe while he still had some
"juice". (We bought a gift card to Home Depot as a "thankyou.")

We had windup radios we had bought for Y2K, and I had the electric lamps and
a small battery-operated fan I had bought for Warlord. I also had a NOAA
weather report radio I had bought to take to Warlord several years ago.
Also, we had dried fruit and jerkey I had made for Warlord campout munchies,
as well.

Tunafish sandwiches stood us in good stead, as well, since we had a manual
canopener. The waterheater is gas, so we at least had hot water, but who
wants to get into a porcelain-over-metal tub full of water when lightning is
rampant? (I "washed" with rubbing alcohol on a washcloth and "personal
wipes" for cleanliness purposes, just like at Warlord in my tent when the
weather is storming.)

Vivat Warlord preparations!

What if we all had been in the big CA earthquake? The phones would have been
out, the gas lines ruptured, no electricity at all and we would have been
afraid of having our roof cave in on our heads! Actually, we can all be
thankful just to have electricity out in our homes for a few days.

Lete



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>From: "Siobhan" <siobhan at tyler-family.net>
>To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Steppes] Riding on the Storm
>Date: Thu THJun 3,2004,3:49 PM
>

> At least it was June and not the middle of January!  bbbrrrrrrrrr
>
> Glad all is well w/ you Baroness!
>
> YIS,
> Siobhan
>
>
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> A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimension.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Cunningham" <Julie at ettros.com>
> To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [Steppes] Riding on the Storm
>
>
>> Yes, I imagen taking a cold shower was not fun :(
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Valerie Kelley [mailto:richila at swbell.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:40 PM
>> To: Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
>> Subject: RE: [Steppes] Riding on the Storm
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, everything else was fine. I was just annoyed. I am very much a
> creature of habit.
>>
>> Valeria
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wilkerson, Glen D" <glen.d.wilkerson at lmco.com> wrote: At least Mahdi
> didn't have to worry about the alarm on his annual "one day
>> of sleep."
>>
>> Was everything else okay?
>>
>> Alaric
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: steppes-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com at ansteorra.org
>> [mailto:steppes-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com at ansteorra.org] On Behalf
>> Of Valerie Kelley
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:01 PM
>> To: Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
>> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Riding on the Storm
>>
>>
>>
>> We just got power back at 4:30 a.m. This morning. Our home is all
> electric.
>> I haven't had hot water since Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Valeria
>>
>>
>>
>> Kelly Erickson wrote: I guess I should be
>> disappointed. I only got a gentle light show...but it
>> lasted all the way to Athens! Not too much rain on me, fortunately. Elin
>>
>>
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>> >Subject: Steppes Digest, Vol 13, Issue 4
>> >Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:05:35 -0500
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>> >Message: 1
>> >Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:49:13 -0500
>> >From: "Wilkerson, Glen D"
>> >Subject: RE: [Steppes] Riding on the storm
>> >To: "'chiara at io.com'" , "'Barony of Steppes - SCA,
>> > Inc.'"
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>> >Sounds cool - but I'll see your light show and raise you the view
>> >looking west over Grand Prairie and Arlington from the top of the hill
>> >coming off Spur 408 onto I-20. I was looking DOWN on the blue flashes
>> >as transformers blew...
>> >
>> >Alairc
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