Yesterday I experienced my second power outage in a week. The first one on Sunday lasted about an hour. This time the power did not return for about 4 hours. So no e-mail, no TV, no air conditioning and as it was dinner time, I had dinner on the porch.
This is when you are grateful that your stove is gas powered.
Is it time to consider adding solar panels or a generator to one’s house.
The background music for my dinner was the sound of crickets.
A good outline on how to prepare for outages and what to do when they happen can be found on Lifeworks.
Besides shutting down My Space last week, it also affects our pets, especially fishes in home aquariums. Peteducation offers ways to prevent having your entire tank population wiped out.
What could be a better illustration for this topic than the Four Solaire (Solar Furnace) in Odeillo (Cerdagne, Pyrenees).
Some places such as Manchester in the UK do not mind (so far) the warming trend.