Still No Electricity

November 1st, 2012

Thursday – November 1, 2012

The outdoor temperature dipped to 48 degrees last night. The inside temperature was 57 degrees. It felt cold and damp. We discarded everything in the refrigerator and freezer. For the last few days we searched for and found open restaurants for our meals because it was just too cold in the house to sit and enjoy a meal. We also made the rounds of logical places to hang out to stay warm. Yesterday evening we sat by the cafe at the local gym. They had electricity and a working television. It looked like a mini-theater with families filling lines of chairs facing the TV watching CNN News. Fortunately, we still had hot water at home, so we could take showers. The gym had opened its doors to the community and there were long lines to use the showers in the women’s locker room. For us, it was good to have a warm place to sit and plug in our computers.

Today we tried Barnes & Noble again. The line was long for Starbucks coffee and all the tables were taken by computer users. I learned that the all columns in the store have electrical outlets, because groups of people were huddled around the columns sitting on the floor with their laptops. I was lucky to find a comfortable chair by the window, but no outlet. Just sitting in the warm sunshine felt good.  

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