We had a snow storm yesterday. My bike ride home took twenty minutes longer than usual. It was very dark. I rode straight into the wind and was tossed right and left here and there. There was also a lot of tree branches on the walkways so I had to keep an eye out for those. In Västerhaninge I noticed that a big traffic sign was lying on a lawn close to the bike path, I'm guessing that the strong winds did that. Arriving home I decided to make a quick dinner, just in case. I then chatted to my brother who is in Nicosia, Cyprus, and he told me that he had just received a power outage warning for Tungelsta on his smart phone, (I used to have that app but had forgotten to install it on my new phone), so I warmed some water for a cup of tea and five minutes later everything went dark. So I sat in the dark with my tea before lighting a few candles. The power came back three hours later.
6 comments:
It does look like you got seriously hit!
You need to develop an aptitude for installing pertinent apps when they need to be installed.
That's a lot of snow. I imagine it can be very strenuous to ride a bicycle in that.
Sometimes we need to lose power to appreciate it.
Där har vi bilden igen, cykel under snö. En given succé! ;-)
Du var förutseende nog att värma dig en kopp te innan strömavbrottet. Att veta i förväg när strömmen ska försvinna låter som en önskedröm. När jag flyttade ut till Stigtomta 1993 hände det att vi hade strömavbrott men de senaste 15-20 åren har vi inte haft många störningar. Oj vad man är beroende av el och vad uppenbart det blir när den försvinner.
Det blåsten rejält i byarna häromdagen. Och vindriktningen var sydlig (?) vilket inte hör till vanligheterna. Det fick en stor reklamskylt på mitt jobbs byggnad att flyga all världens väg. Den har suttit där i säkert 10 år men den ovanliga vindriktningen fick fart på saker och ting.
I love the photo Steffe.. but blimey it looks so cold. Thank goodness you rang your brother, anything is survivable if you have a hot cup of tea :)
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