ThunderSnow

I was scared outa my mind twice today.
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Right now I'm feeling extremely grateful to be typing on my machine finally! I just spent most of my afternoon n evening contemplating how I was going to get done what I'd planned to do before Xmas without a monitor. No bux to replace it for a long time..., no presents produced, no art programs, no pix, no card printing, no E-bay plan, no research, no reading, no e-mail, n so very alone!

How long would it take for ya folkz to realize I was involuntarily ex-communicated? What would I post from my friend's or the Library's 'puter to explain my ongoing lack of blog-participation?
What chores would my boredom drive me to get done in the emptiness?
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Right in the middle of typing a version of these words below into a post during the storm today, my monitor died!
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ThunderSnow
Weather Alert! This is one of the strangest weather days here in awhile......We've had snow, then rain, then all the week's snow so far melted completely! Then bright sunshine shone through my window for almost two whole minutes! Then suddenly, the clouds moved back the other direction, wind shift from North to Westerly and a visable swirl of dense cloud-cover darkened daylight again. The windows have now suddenly all fogged up, n heavy snow just began spitting sideways past the door...

The wind is howlin through the trees over hurricane force out there right now! It's so loud I can't concentrate. The gusts are long duration, and constant.NECN is reporting Gusts up to 60 mph in Nantucket, n 50 mph here. It's amazing the power's still up...

Bombogenosis
In the middle of the state, a bank of high Cumulo-Nimbus are thundering through like a summer - - - - -
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Blank LED screen... No Power! Online, box still on, no way to hit the draft or publish button, no way to shut down. I tried tab, enter, n alt, enter, couldn't hear anthing happen, jiggled mouse in the dark clicking everywhere, no luck. Then said never-mind n performed the improper shut-down. Checked wires, plugs, Surge bars, no luck. Still no power to monitor!
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Right after that I was very distracted with some loud thuds.
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Winds were later reported up past 70 n 80mph out there today, n I believe it! It seemed like a Micro-burst experience must feel. I wondered if this is how the-end-of my-world-storm feels... The house was shaking n felt so fragile, like during hurricane Bob...

In the Kitchen through a small, unfogged spot I could see out the front window that my little deck tree's lights were still lit. How ever, both trees were knocked over sideways n thrashing wildly against the railing in the howling wind n snow that was plastering n instantly freezing itself everywhere !
- Now ya need to understand that when I transplanted the six-foot-spruce to the large barrel, I put eighty pounds of additional soil in there... That's a pretty heavy base to knock over!
Thank goodness the railing held-up, I'd tied enough slack to the power cords, n I'd covered the electric plugs with water-proof plastic...

As I watched the wildness out there I saw a trash can lid from the sheltered spot under the stairs fly up n out into the woods! I waited next to the frig for a long time waiting for the winds to die down, I made a cell call, then finally about 4 pm, just before dark it was safe enough to go out n pick up the trees. There's another 4 or 5 inches of drifted n crusty snow to shovel now.
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After bemoaning my holiday fate without my machine's further assistance for hours, realizing I hadn't printed needed pix or enough cards yet, I pretty much gave up to life without it. I'd pretty much need a whole new plan, n new manual designs, back to square one... I went to disconnect n pack up the monitor.
One last time I put the power adaptor plug back into the interface n I was so surprized to see it light up n save me from despair! Maybe it just needed to be reset, as my daughter suggested to try. Whew, I'm SOooo relieved! Praise the Creator, my plan is still executable!

So I made it through this very scary storm, n so did my machine, n my blog-life continues on this week... but before I go online to post this, I swore I'm going to print out everything I need to get the holiday projects going out first!