Wed. Day 4
The funny thing about a natural weather disaster, I stand
corrected, the funny thing about us in preparation for weather in the making is
us. Let’s take hurricane season. It lasts from May to November. That’s seven
months. Now add a weeks’ worth of weather reports in preparation. Before I
continue this blog, I don’t wish to diminish anyone’s pain & suffering from
the storm. The point is…why are we not better prepared?
The quest is for “D” batteries for our lanterns. Not a store
within thirty miles has them. We managed to find “C” batteries and “A” is
plentiful but the illusive “D” is nowhere to be found. We have no one to blame
but ourselves. Seven months of warnings and one week of intense preparation and
a stash of PB&J, a couple cans of tuna fish, canned chili, hard boiled
eggs, a small supply of fruit for a couple days of power loss still had us
searching the local stores for tea lights and another loaf of bread as the rain
started to fall. Where are those matches?
Oh, silly us!
The lanterns are dimming after four days…or are we just
tired of squinting in the dark to read. Wasn’t it Abe Lincoln that had a single
candle to read by while studying law in a small log cabin? What a guy!
After driving forty miles total today while doing errands,
twenty miles each way, and stops at five stores for “D” batteries, anticipating
disappointment, and not being disappointed in the lack thereof, my quest for
“D’s” continues. I can assure you that when I find them, and I will eventually,
I will buy them, hug them, kiss them, treasure them and hope we don’t need them
for Hurricane Katia coming up the coast.
May you all find what you need on your quest.
Cathy
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