![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSokHMxjWeioJ5moCtiZwqZYPp4oSD83kcdasqhKdC3Cj/image.png)Normally these daily doses get on the platform around 10 to 11PM central time here is the USA, but not this one, I am good twelve hours late by my standards. Mother Nature decided to pay a visit on Sunday evening to put her screws to me and the rest of the clan.
Just right before 9:00PM Sunday night a pulled my laptop out and decided to get started on this and just about that time Mother Nature showed up as well. It had been a beautiful day on Sunday so I was highly surprised when the wind whipped up to about 50MPH and the rain and lightning started. About 5 minutes into this storm we lost power momentarily, and it came right back on, this happened a couple more times and the finally the power went off for good.
It was quite a storm and power was out for the entire area according to reports on the radio and the facebook site the wife looks at for our community. She said according to her sources on FB we would be without power for at least couple hours. So without power and internet I said, “good enough, I am going to get some sleep while the house is still cool.” 
When I woke up this morning at 5:30 we still had no power. When I called the power company they said power had been restored to our area at 10:22PM, well maybe to our area, but not to our house I told her. So she checked and with this “smart meter” system she was able to see that we had no power. So she said she would dispatch a service crew to check it out, should be about 2 hours max time.
Shortly after 6:00 AM I went outside to look around and discovered the problem. 
<p><div class"pull-right">https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQ6ds7Fb4DXqiuYBHyHjRq9GQMkL712kSpH8WkSX8jd3u/image.png</div>Do you know what the problem is with big old oak trees? I’ll tell you, they are big and old, that is the problem. Also they grow taller than the height of the power lines, so when Mother Nature whipped up storm she claimed one of those old oak trees which then decided to claim the power line drop that serves our house. 
I called back to the power company to inform them of the situation. I was hoping that downed lines might prompt a faster response but evidently that is not the case, it is 10:15 and the power company has just pulled into our place. The power man said that he will have to get additional trucks and men to run new lines, should be about three more hours.
Well, I can only hope, because I didn’t need to start my week like this, and I need some coffee, internet and a shower. All of which can’t happen without the electricity. In fact McDonalds has two of three so this is being typed and sent courtesy of them, and if I start feeling really desperate the sink in the men’s room just might serve as a shower.

Until next time,
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