Friday, October 9, 2009
No power when I woke at 4:00 and woke again at 8:00. After waiting till 1:00 no phone. Cell phone one message to David- and dead. No microwave no dishwasher no washing machine. Had to use match to light gas burner to heat coffee water. Gave up waiting for power to return. Went to post office to return a Haband jacket and Joan phoned Ohio Edison for me. Said to check breaker box. It’s okay. So to Martha Neville and used her phone to call Emergency Services again. Told me service truck was on way from Marion. Friendly Mr Martin checked meter. No power. Drove truck beside pole across and went up in bucket and disconnected all the wires. Said he had to call the big guns to put in a new transformer. As I left for Carpenters for supper saw Ohio Edison truck working on wires in front of Donna Murphy’s house. Did her fire cause my outage?
To Carpenters by 4:30 Dorothy Simmons also a guest. Great food. Ham with pineapple sauce, candied sweet potatoes, corn casserole, deviled eggs and lime Jello and pears.
Home by 6:30 and had lights on all over the house.
Email from Jackye and send back to her and David and Kathi story of my day.