Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jan 12 2011
Settings
That word up there would usually refer to story settings, but this time it means something different. We were awakened a little after 1:00am this morning by a chorus of UPS alarms and a very familiar sound of power arcing somewhere. The power was off for about six hours and then was interrupted briefly again late this afternoon. It turned out that the cause was a lone driver who lost control of his vehicle. News reports indicate that he was lighting a cigarette and adjusting his radio while driving and ran into a power pole, which broke off and hit yet another power pole. The runaway vehicle somehow managed to crash near a home and set a tree, the home and itself on fire.
We had at least one small earthquake this evening, centered a bit further inland. The big joke of the evening was that at least the quake wasn't large enough to knock out the power and make us have to set all the clocks for the third time today. (I think you had to be there.)
posted at: 20:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
That word up there would usually refer to story settings, but this time it means something different. We were awakened a little after 1:00am this morning by a chorus of UPS alarms and a very familiar sound of power arcing somewhere. The power was off for about six hours and then was interrupted briefly again late this afternoon. It turned out that the cause was a lone driver who lost control of his vehicle. News reports indicate that he was lighting a cigarette and adjusting his radio while driving and ran into a power pole, which broke off and hit yet another power pole. The runaway vehicle somehow managed to crash near a home and set a tree, the home and itself on fire.
We had at least one small earthquake this evening, centered a bit further inland. The big joke of the evening was that at least the quake wasn't large enough to knock out the power and make us have to set all the clocks for the third time today. (I think you had to be there.)
posted at: 20:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
