YAY! Power! Lights! AIR CONDITIONING!!!

Woke up a little after midnight and realized I had power again.

The nightstand lamp I had turned on beside me as an alert was shining, so I hopped up and turned on the AC. Ahhhh!!!! Getting cooler again. (They'd said on the radio to turn off the AC so it didn't instantly overtax the grid as soon as there was power but to wait until lights were back to turn it on.)

I was -very- lucky. The blackout happened while my plane was on final approach to the San Diego airport, so we were either the first or one of the first planes to land.

They got us off the plane, got us our luggage by hand, and I managed to get a taxi. Because of the downtown streetlights being out, traffic was crazy, but I got home about 2 hours after my plane landed.

For dinner I had some low carb ice cream from the freezer, figuring it would be one of the first things to go. Checked my disaster supplies by candlelight. Listened to some of The Jewish War by Josephus on an iPod.

Eventually got bored, blew out the candles, and went to sleep. Then woke up and found out I had power again! Yippie!

Don't know how Long it will last. Hopefully indefinitely!

The best parts are that I can get the house cool again (I live inland, where it's hotter) and can recharge my phone (I'd been using it heavily as an iPod on my trip back from Reno, so the battery was low when I landed, and I had to shut it off to save power. To my hosts in Reno, I got back okay; everything's fine; thanks for a great visit!).

According to what I'm reading, many, MANY people are still without power. Hoping they get power back soon, and prayers for their safety!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin