(Note: I wrote this post yesterday, but Wickett wanted to go for a walk at the time that I was searching for a picture. I saved the post for later and then never went back to actually post it. SENIOR MOMENT!)Most of you have probably seen news coverage of our electricity problems here in Florida today. It was evidently a domino effect started by a fire at a substation and then involved other parts of the grid, including a nuclear reactor. Fortunately for us, the most serious trouble was on the east coast although Tampa, St. Petersburg and even The Keys were affected. Locally, the outages were much shorter. Here in the park, we lost power for a short time during the night and then again for about 20 minutes just after 1:00 this afternoon. We didn't really have any travel plans for today, so we just stayed close to home. So many people here have animals that power failure can cause problems if the RV is closed up, the people are away and the AC goes out for any length of time. I'm sure that it is problem for regular house dwellers too but these big metal boxes heat up faster than the typical house. With much cooler temps predicted for the next couple of days, we'll probably hear the furnace come on a few times at night.
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