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Hello? … … … Okay. Good. Man… what a night… about 9:30 last night, a line of severe storms came rushing though the area. The storms were moving at 60 mph with winds in excess of 60 mph. Only one way to describe it: SUPER SUCK ASS!!! The power went out no sooner after that and stayed out until sometime after 2 in the morning. Not having communication with the outside world really isn’t cool. No radio, no television, no internet. How the hell was I suppose to know what was going on?? I tried calling different people, but no one responded. I got ahold of my dad, but their power was out too. Since I wasn’t thinking, I had forgotten we had candles galore, so using my $4000 flashlight (i.e. my laptop), I found my way around the house and lit up the place.

My roomie was at work while all of this was going on. She didn’t get home until sometime after 11. So, what all did we do while the power was out? Hmmm… well, we talked about how her day was… we… well, there really wasn’t much to do. Come on! The power’s out! We live in the age of technology! We were deprived!!! She did find her bongo drums and we acted like idiots and played with those. You know… it’s actually quite fun!

My roomie made a good point. Not having any power was actually, in her words, “refreshing.” It’s true. It was different. Something out of the ordinary. That’s great. We should go back do simple stuff like that more often.

I’m watching the news right now. Man… the damage is incredible. There were reports of two tornados last night: one on the west side of town and another on the north side. i can believe it. One location they’re showing. It’s a really nice neighborhood. Really big oak trees were uprooted, cement sidewalks ripped from the ground. Usually when these storms come through, it’s only one area of town is badly hit, but it seems like the whole city was affected. The part of town where I use to live was really hit hard. I gotta go to my parents’ house today, so I’m wondering how bad things are.

Thankfully, everything is a LOT better today.

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