On 7/9/14, 8:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 7/9/2014 8:13 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
...we had a two hour power outage shortly after midnight. I suppose a
tree or tree limb fell on a power line somewhere near here.

Generator kicked in automatically as it is supposed to...but this was
the first time we had a real test of several hours for it. Everything
that was supposed to come back on did, including one of the heat pumps
for the air conditioning. Whew!




Glad you survived the emergency ok. The only way I'd know we had a
temporary power outage after midnight would be the blinking display on
the microwave in the morning.

What alerted you? The sound of the generator starting up?



The doorbell rang. I have no idea why.

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