Power outage

Last night lightning hit a nearby transformer and partially knocked out power for three hours. I'd never experienced a partial power outage before. It was bizarre. The clocks and lights dimmed, the air conditioner started humming because it couldn't draw enough power to push it, and the tvs made similar sounds. Despite the reduced current, the electric meter whizzed as if we'd been running every appliance at once. (As if our electric bill weren't high enough already!) We turned off the a/c before it burned out, and unplugged all the electrical equipment and appliances, save the refrigerator and deep freezer. I prefer full outages because the partial outage made me worry about the appliances.

Summer thunderstorms have drastically reduced my writing productivity. A laptop computer looks more appealing with each storm!