amicus
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Electricity: non political/political
A slow day on the forum, or so it seems…so…to maybe liven things up jus a lil…
Since early last spring when I wandered back up into ‘God’s Country’ (Oregon), I have been helping my son and his new bride to get into a house, furnish and outfit it in preparation for a new grandchild that arrived safely in October and is thriving, thank you.
As I contributed a rather large chunk of cash to the endeavor, and they appreciate it and even tolerate my old fashioned ways and occasional nagging about some things.
One of those things was a fireplace, which they viewed as decorative and ornamental, which I rather insisted we check out and bring in a supply of firewood and all that goes with it. I also bugged them about flashlights and candles and a supply of non-perishable food items in the event the power went off.
Well, it happened just after midnight last night in the midst of an intense Pacific storm, bink and the lights went out, no TV, no radio, no computer and, no heat, as the place is all electric.
It was only off for a few minutes and I had a fire going in the fireplace anyway as it was a bit chilly and the electric heat is expensive, besides that, I like a fire going. My son had just gotten off work and was asleep already but my daughter in law came padding out in her nightie with a handful of candles and complained about nothing to do when the television went off, but she did bring the candles from wherever they had been tucked away.
A few minutes later the power went off again and this time it stayed off, so I lit the candles in the kitchen, dining room and living room and noticed she had some going in the back. I stoked the fire and brought in more wood and sat back to think about things and watch the fire burning in the semi-darkness. I went outside to smoke and surveyed the surrounding neighborhood, nary a light to be seen, anywhere and looked back on our warm, cozy little abode.
About an hour later I heard the baby wake up, looking for a warm and soft mama, no doubt and my son wandered out, looked at the candles burning and warmed himself before the fireplace. Not a word was spoken save, “Helluva storm, eh?”
They went back to sleep and another hour or so passed before the power came back on so I snuffed the candles, secured the screen in front of the fireplace and toddled off to bed myself.
***CAUTION*** Political part…
As I lay me down to sleep, I usually pick one of the five ongoing novels I am working on to ponder, plots and characters and scenario’s, but tonight I was thinking about just how essential electricity is in our everyday lives.
Then of course I thought about the energy debate taking place in the United States and considered just what effect a Democrat Congress and possibly White House soon, would have on national energy policies.
It is not unlikely in my mind, anyway, that the Democrats will begin a withdrawal of American and thus Coalition forces in the Middle East and perhaps around the world. And since we wouldn’t need all those troops anymore…downsize the military and the logistical and research funds that support preparedness.
Perhaps the Islamic terrorists will just go away, but I doubt it, I foresee a middle east war and a cessation of petroleum imports from the region and a ‘real’ energy crisis in the U.S..
Not only that, but in a worse, not worst, but worse case scenario, I see terrorists attacking the electric grid in the US proper. At least, that is what I would do if I really wanted to hurt Americans where it hurts the most. And they are smart, it took engineers and intense planning to hijack those aircraft and decide upon targets and effectiveness, so I imagine they will attack not the power plants themselves, but the relatively unprotected and numerous transmission lines that serve cities.
And of course, back to my old complaint of a self sufficient energy policy and you all know where I will go with this one.
I know the Democrats will squash any attempt now to build power plants and explore for more oil and gas resources…sometimes I really wonder that they have in mind.
Even if we were to begin today to build nuclear plants and hydro dams, it would take a decade before improvement would be seen. And don’t’ give me the ‘alternative’ fuel story again, it is not, has never been and never will be an option to supply the massive amounts of power necessary. This damned ethanol thing, increases the price of food products and makes barely a dent in energy supplies.
Okay…end of story…
Amicus…
A slow day on the forum, or so it seems…so…to maybe liven things up jus a lil…
Since early last spring when I wandered back up into ‘God’s Country’ (Oregon), I have been helping my son and his new bride to get into a house, furnish and outfit it in preparation for a new grandchild that arrived safely in October and is thriving, thank you.
As I contributed a rather large chunk of cash to the endeavor, and they appreciate it and even tolerate my old fashioned ways and occasional nagging about some things.
One of those things was a fireplace, which they viewed as decorative and ornamental, which I rather insisted we check out and bring in a supply of firewood and all that goes with it. I also bugged them about flashlights and candles and a supply of non-perishable food items in the event the power went off.
Well, it happened just after midnight last night in the midst of an intense Pacific storm, bink and the lights went out, no TV, no radio, no computer and, no heat, as the place is all electric.
It was only off for a few minutes and I had a fire going in the fireplace anyway as it was a bit chilly and the electric heat is expensive, besides that, I like a fire going. My son had just gotten off work and was asleep already but my daughter in law came padding out in her nightie with a handful of candles and complained about nothing to do when the television went off, but she did bring the candles from wherever they had been tucked away.
A few minutes later the power went off again and this time it stayed off, so I lit the candles in the kitchen, dining room and living room and noticed she had some going in the back. I stoked the fire and brought in more wood and sat back to think about things and watch the fire burning in the semi-darkness. I went outside to smoke and surveyed the surrounding neighborhood, nary a light to be seen, anywhere and looked back on our warm, cozy little abode.
About an hour later I heard the baby wake up, looking for a warm and soft mama, no doubt and my son wandered out, looked at the candles burning and warmed himself before the fireplace. Not a word was spoken save, “Helluva storm, eh?”
They went back to sleep and another hour or so passed before the power came back on so I snuffed the candles, secured the screen in front of the fireplace and toddled off to bed myself.
***CAUTION*** Political part…
As I lay me down to sleep, I usually pick one of the five ongoing novels I am working on to ponder, plots and characters and scenario’s, but tonight I was thinking about just how essential electricity is in our everyday lives.
Then of course I thought about the energy debate taking place in the United States and considered just what effect a Democrat Congress and possibly White House soon, would have on national energy policies.
It is not unlikely in my mind, anyway, that the Democrats will begin a withdrawal of American and thus Coalition forces in the Middle East and perhaps around the world. And since we wouldn’t need all those troops anymore…downsize the military and the logistical and research funds that support preparedness.
Perhaps the Islamic terrorists will just go away, but I doubt it, I foresee a middle east war and a cessation of petroleum imports from the region and a ‘real’ energy crisis in the U.S..
Not only that, but in a worse, not worst, but worse case scenario, I see terrorists attacking the electric grid in the US proper. At least, that is what I would do if I really wanted to hurt Americans where it hurts the most. And they are smart, it took engineers and intense planning to hijack those aircraft and decide upon targets and effectiveness, so I imagine they will attack not the power plants themselves, but the relatively unprotected and numerous transmission lines that serve cities.
And of course, back to my old complaint of a self sufficient energy policy and you all know where I will go with this one.
I know the Democrats will squash any attempt now to build power plants and explore for more oil and gas resources…sometimes I really wonder that they have in mind.
Even if we were to begin today to build nuclear plants and hydro dams, it would take a decade before improvement would be seen. And don’t’ give me the ‘alternative’ fuel story again, it is not, has never been and never will be an option to supply the massive amounts of power necessary. This damned ethanol thing, increases the price of food products and makes barely a dent in energy supplies.
Okay…end of story…
Amicus…
However, for the sake of humor, I was taking it very seriously...call it an amusing mental exercise.
