Power-less

Well we had our first severe storm of the year roll thru on Monday morning around 5:30 AM.  It was only about a 10 minute burst of really bad weather, but it was enough to knock out our power.  Kris had just gotten up and wasn't going to start getting ready for work until it rolled thru because she had a feeling the power was going to go out.  The last couple of years every time we have had a storm like this, we have lost our power, all because the power lines run though the backyards here and there are a bunch of mature trees down the block that will either have a branch break off and take down a line, or otherwise hit the lines, resulting in a loss of power.  The most recent was last year when we were without power for a little over a day.  

This time wasn't quite as bad.  It only took eight hours for WE Energies to get our power back on.  And once again, the power was on across the street, but not in the two block square to the east, just like last year.  You would think that the electric company would realize this and do something, like cutting down some of the trees.  But of course that would be too easy.  At least we didn't have any food ruined this time.  And the girls slept thru most of it, so they didn't much care.