We had over 2 inches of rainfall yesterday. Steady showers and storms caused the temp to go from around 90° to 69°. I know crops needed the rain and farmers were happy to get it. But not Merida! The second it thundered the first time, she’d already had enough.
Bloomington got hit harder than we did here — and I saw on FB some in Uniontown had several limbs down. My g/f Julie lives in Scipio, (about 20 minutes from here), and they got nothing. Here on the outskirts of the Ville we got the rain and some hail earlier in the afternoon, but otherwise came out unscathed.
EXCEPT… we were without power for hours.
I had a lengthy text exchange with my friend, Jeff, about his cat named Phil. That killed some time. As dusk settled in, we watched a doe grazing at the edge of the field where it joins the woods. Then, we listened to the dogs snore. I fell asleep on the chaise but not before I heard Perry start snoring on the couch.
What did people do in the early 20’s without power??
They didn’t stay up until 1:00 or 2:00 AM, that’s for certain. It’s pretty darned boring. At one point, I turned to Perry and said, “we could take a drive and see if any trees are down close to here.” I felt pretty dumb when he reminded me the garage door is powered by electric — and it’s a BIG ole’ door that’s heavy to open by hand.
Now you know: In 1925, only half of American houses had electrical power. Thanks in great part to FDR’s Rural Electrification Act of 1936, by 1945, 85 percent of American homes were powered by electricity, with virtually all homes having electricity by 1960.