Well.......we received our computer back last Thursday after two weeks without it. We got it all plugged in and started it up and................... nothing happened. Spent an hour on the phone with technicians yelling and screaming, but in the end it was determined I had to ship it back to HP. So we are still without a home computer as I update this blog from work.
Luckily our old computer was still hanging out in the dungeon part of the basement, so Saturday I hooked it up and we were able to enjoy some web searching! But that ended first thing Monday morning.
A little before 6am on Monday we were awakened by a quick but powerful storm that rocked the QC's, especially Rock Island and Moline. No tornadoes reported, just a lot of heavy wind and rain. It knocked power out to a large part of the region.
Our power remains off, it's been tough. There is a tree hanging on some lines in the alley across the street from us. Power crews have been by to look at it and put some yellow tape up to keep people away from it. Luckily our water is on.
We did not make it to the grocery store over the weekend so food we need to get rid of is not new. The weather is not stinking hot like it was over the weekend, which is a plus and no rain is forecasted anytime soon. Power crews were on the scene at 5:30 this morning, but then were called else where. Hopefully we'll get power sometime today. Looks like we will be firing up the grille tonight!
Life is really completely boring without power. If I had not reserved the company suite last night at the River Bandits game I don't know what we would have done. More on that game will come, I have some video of it to post once the computer returns.
*******UPDATE*********
After nearly 29 hours without power, the power was switched on around 10:30 this morning. Life is back to normal.
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