I’ve been without internet for the past few days. We had some severe thunderstorms which passed through on Tuesday night, which produced an EF1 tornado. It passed within a few hundred yards of my location. This resulted in loss of power and internet service. Power was restored within 24 hours, but internet service took a little longer and was only restored tonight.
You never know how dependent we are on technology until you’re without. Then again, I got a bit more done modeling and finished reading Walter Lord’s “The Miracle of Dunkirk” so the time wasn’t entirely wasted.
I had the same thing happen (loss of internet) for what I assume are nearby construction reasons. I was out for 36 hours! What amazed me was turning on my iPhone hotspot enabled us to browse, and stream to our TVs. I was very impressed.
Glad you’re safe Gary! Being without power for even a day is frustrating but I’m glad you weathered it well.
When that hurricane devastated the Carolinas last year, we saw some of the affects up here in southwest Ohio. I lost 2 willow trees and a pole went down on the neighbors property. We didn’t lose electricity until they came through 2 days after the storm and turned it off. Then they left us without electricity for 2 days.
I always get exited when the power goes out, the wife and kid go absolutely nuts within 3 seconds of no internet. I embrace it, I think it’s rather fun for a few days. Not the natural disaster part though…..
So glad that you’re okay Gary. I’m hoping for a calm Summer with few tornadoes and with the start of the Atlantic hurricane season coming up, few hurricanes.