Winter Weather Update

Where do I begin?

It was Monday night.  A snow/sleet/ice storm was preparing to move in and I was, of course, hitting the grill.  I took some pictures, shot some video, drank a beer(s), ate dinner, did some post processing work, marveled at nature and bam...power outage.

Ever since the great wind storm of '08, when the power was out for 9 days and I was forced to make margaritas like this:

I vowed to put in a transfer switch and install a generator.  Well, at least when I was sitting in the dark it sounded like a good idea.  So, instead of bringing the house "back to life", we sat in the dark for 48 hours.  Thankfully, it was a short amount of time, but unlike warm September, this week was cold and nasty February.  Time of year makes a big difference.

There is nothing like sitting in the house in dead silence with only the occasional noise of 20 foot elm limbs plummeting to the ground with, certainly, the same resounding thud an airplane stowaway makes when his ability to hold on gives out over Dayton and he spiral towards the Earth, landing in our backyard.

Unfortunately, or rather thankfully, one of these limbs just about took out the 26 inch kettle.

Della Reese must have been looking out, because the kettle came out unscathed. Even the Smokey Joe.

Well, 48 hours later and everything is back to normal, well at least as normal as it gets around here.

You can now read WOTG #204 and laugh as I enjoy the serenity of the weather.