This is Dave lighting the candles in our living room so we could have some light after the power went out just before 7 pm last night. The camera flash really illuminated the picture, but in reality it was pretty much pitch black. We had the 5th severe thunder storm since the beginning of April roll through little ole Euless Texas last night. No hail or tornado's this time, just heavy heavy rain, strong winds (reported 90 mph in Dallas, about 60 here) and some of the loudest thunder and lighting I had ever heard. When the power went out we were really "powerless" to do anything. It's amazing how bored you get when you can't even read (our flashlight was in the car...bad idea). What's amazing, though, is that my in laws saved the night...all the way from Arkansas. Two years ago, when Dave and I were engaged, they gave us each a mini light key chain in our stockings for Christmas. I still had mine on my keys, so I had a little light to move around. Last Christmas, we all got laser/light pens in our stocking (they love little gadgets). Dave thankfully had this in his pocket when the lights went out, so he had some light too. We were able to light candles, I stumbled for the camera and took this picture,which turned out pretty good for taking it in the dark, and spent the next three hours laying on the ground and drawing pictures on the ceiling with the red laser from the pen Dave had and making each other guess what we were drawing.
As much as I was bummed about the power going out (we didn't get to watch Lost and I lost 3 hours of work time in my paper) I reflected on the Lord's protection of our house,cars, lives, etc. 5 storms and this is the worst thing that has happened so far. Praise the Lord for his protection.
The power came back on at about 10. I watched the news this morning and they reported 200,000 customers still had no power across north Texas. Again, I was so thankful for the Lord's provision in even the smallest things as electricity.
Who wants to take bets on when storm 6 will hit? Anyone, anyone?
4 comments:
Another crazy storm! What's going on with the weather this year?! I know Texas is supposed to be renowned for crazy weather, but this is extreme even for Texas!
Oh, and the thought of you guys drawing laser doodles on the ceiling makes me laugh. As does your use of stocking stuffers! :)
Holly and I lit several candles, and she used a flashlight to read, then we just talked the rest of the evening. I like power outages, because they force you to slow down, and you usually end up hanging out with the people most important to you!
My bet: In the next two weeks for sure. Just when you're like "Wow, we made it through a week with nothing!" Yup, two weeks. Laser pens are so fun. My sister and I used to write letters on each others backs when we would have "sleepovers" in each others rooms. Then you would have to guess the word. We also told stories and would draw the images on each others back. It just felt really nice, kind of like a creative backrub. Wa hoo!
I like power outages, too, Lyd. And I think Karen's story shows that even goofy stocking gifts just may actually have a use ... who knew???
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