Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 21, 2013. Ridgeland, Mississippi. Storms.

This place has it's share of storms.  Right now, we are under a tornado watch.   It has been warm today and very windy.  This afternoon, a tree blew down across the electrical lines, right in front of the condo property, which immediately shut off the electricity.   We were leaving to have dinner with the family and by the time we returned at 8:30 the electricity had been restored.

The electrical company does an excellent job of informing us of the problem and the time periods, all done on Ken's cell phone.  Within 5 minutes of the lack of power, we were told what had happened and when the repairs would be completed.    Updates come regularly too.  It is impressive to receive those text messages.

Now it is raining very hard and the storm warnings are still in effect.  Thunder and lightning are everywhere.  Of course, as we have no TV or radio in the condo, we are out of touch.  We assume the rain will be stopped by morning.  Kate and Mary Frances are singing in the main church services, combining with the senior choir for both services, so Ken and I will go and be proud of our granddaughters.  My Mother would be pleased too.  Then we will take them home.   I will not wear my boots, which have candy cane stripes, to church and I hate wearing wet shoes!!  Grumble grumble.

No comments: