ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It was 6:45pm Tuesday night and all was well in our home in OB...except the wind was blowing pretty steadily at 20mph plus with gusts up to 37mph. No problem when you're snugged in and surfing your computer.
Bingo! Three minutes later the lights went out...and it wasn't a popped circuit breaker. No, the way the wind earlier had been whipping whitecaps on the Halifax River nearby was also causing a good bit of swaying in the power lines.
I should mention that it is now 43 degrees and dropping. Cold enough to cause iguanas to drop from their tree limb perches in way south Florida. A sure story to warm the hearts of the northerners deep in snow with wind-chill figures at nose-tip freezing figures.
Naturally, with the power out so goes the internet connection. But, that didn't stop Lydia from ginning up a way to contact FPL about our situation. And they answered quickly with a timeline of "fixed by 11:30". Break out the candles; the flashlights / headlamps and a (thankfully) juiced solar light.
FPL included a map of FL in their reply email so we could see how others were fareing. With 250 customers included in our outage, we were right at the top of the list.
Thirty minutes after the dark descended, the lights came back on. The candles; flashlights / headlamps from our camping stash and the solar light now sit ready and able to light the way again if needed.
And the battery-powered string of holiday lights...that I haven't put away yet...are making merry.
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