Post by Al Degutis on Aug 27, 2004 17:29:45 GMT -6
"The night was hot, wait no, the night, the night was humid. The night was humid, no wait, hot, hot. The night was hot. The night was hot and wet, wet and hot. The night was wet and hot, hot and wet, wet and hot; that's humid. The night was humid." (stolen from "Throw Momma from the Train")
Okay last night it was storming, REALLY STORMING... the non-stop lightning was the only light on this hot, humid night. We were awaken by the loud claps of thunder at around 1:35AM. The wind was ripping leaves and branches off the perimeter trees. Then it happened. The power started fade in and out and then... gone. It was ridiculously dark in the house. I heard my stepson stumble and bump his way through the house in search of a candle or flashlight. I sat up on the edge of the bed, felt around and found it... the keychain red light that I got with my subscription to the new Night Sky magazine (which I subscribed to so I could better understand everything that Joe says and I what I read in Astronomy and Sky and Telescopes... I digress)
The night was hot, wait no, the night, the night was humid. The night was humid... no wait... I did that part already...
I had considered throwing this cheap red light away a couple of times. Since you have to hold the button down for the red light to shine I didn't see a use. Now, with it in hand, I held the button and safely made my way to my astronomy equipment and grabbed my Maglite flashlight. I removed the red filter and headed back to the bedroom. No bumps, no bruises. I put it on my wife's nightstand for her.
As we layed there trying to fall back asleep, I said to my wife "good thing I never got around to cleaning up my nightstand like you keep pestering me to."
Astronomy... comes in handing at night!
In case you were wondering, power didn't come back until 10am, almost nine hours later.
Okay last night it was storming, REALLY STORMING... the non-stop lightning was the only light on this hot, humid night. We were awaken by the loud claps of thunder at around 1:35AM. The wind was ripping leaves and branches off the perimeter trees. Then it happened. The power started fade in and out and then... gone. It was ridiculously dark in the house. I heard my stepson stumble and bump his way through the house in search of a candle or flashlight. I sat up on the edge of the bed, felt around and found it... the keychain red light that I got with my subscription to the new Night Sky magazine (which I subscribed to so I could better understand everything that Joe says and I what I read in Astronomy and Sky and Telescopes... I digress)
The night was hot, wait no, the night, the night was humid. The night was humid... no wait... I did that part already...
I had considered throwing this cheap red light away a couple of times. Since you have to hold the button down for the red light to shine I didn't see a use. Now, with it in hand, I held the button and safely made my way to my astronomy equipment and grabbed my Maglite flashlight. I removed the red filter and headed back to the bedroom. No bumps, no bruises. I put it on my wife's nightstand for her.
As we layed there trying to fall back asleep, I said to my wife "good thing I never got around to cleaning up my nightstand like you keep pestering me to."
Astronomy... comes in handing at night!
In case you were wondering, power didn't come back until 10am, almost nine hours later.