On Friday night, we experienced a storm that left us without power for two days. A derecho, according to Wikipedia is a "widespread and long-lived straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms." The howling wind woke me up at 23:00. Impressive lightning filled the sky as the wind flexed her mighty muscle and seemed to be winning the battle with the mature 100+ foot trees that line our neighborhood. The power went out without a flicker which is usually bad news. According to the Washington Post, this storm left over 5 million people without power from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and was responsible for at least 22 deaths. See: Could forecasters have better predicted the June 29 Derecho? by clicking here.
It didn’t take long for me to figure out that this system was coming out of the West, the only direction that Domingoman is not protected. Eileen and Jamie were still in Denver, so I grabbed Shiloh and we headed to the boat. I weaved the car through what looked like a war zone with limbs and branches everywhere. Fortunately, Port Annapolis Marina is very nearby to our home and there were no power lines blocking our way.
I was happy to see that the power at the marina was not interrupted and that Domingoman remained well secured. I went back home to pick up a couple of essentials and we headed back to the boat to spend the night on board.
It was stifling hot on Saturday so Shiloh and I went out for a sail. The air temp on the Chesapeake was at least 10 degrees cooler than on land and we enjoyed sustained 12kt winds out of the South. We sailed 17NM in 3 ½ hours!
Sunday was round two of the heat with the air temp of 97 degrees and high humidity. Eileen and Jamie were now home from Denver and we spent most of the day in the air conditioned Chessie Lounge at Port Annapolis. Power was restored at our home on Sunday evening.
1 comment:
glad everything turned out okay!
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