It surely is that! And it’s only July! A succession of storms has been blazing through America this summer, bringing rain, hail, lightning, fire, thunder, flooding, you name it!
The power outages I’ve been experiencing for the last week at my office in New England are nothing, I know, compared to what our libraries have gone through in the Midwest; but they do bring on a new appreciation of how dependent we are on the niceties of life – like - electricity!
No laptop, no monitor, no fax, no printer, no desk phone when the reserve battery dies, no fans, no cell phone when the local tower is hit by lightning, no…. You get the idea, back to paper and pen.
I watched an old favorite movie the other night when I did have power, Faulkner’s The Long, Hot Summer with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward (she went to high school with my neighbor Jean!), and the fabulous Orson Welles. Talk about heat, humidity, and no air conditioning! Dramatically, speaking, of course. Wonder if Faulkner was high tech and used a typewriter….
Please know that we at Innovative are thinking of our librarian colleagues and that we stand ready to support you during tough times. Let us help you develop a disaster plan for your system. Call us. Let us know what you need.
I hear thunder. Here we go again.
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August 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Hi Sandy,
As you were experiencing the power outages I was vacationing in California from Ireland. I love the US and flew into San Fran last year for a significant Birthday. It falls on the 4th July. Anyway this year I decided to fly into LA. Guess what after three weeks of fantastic fun and weather(compared to Ireland!!) on my way home at LAX I experienced the tremors from the earthquake. What an experience and it was all of 2 minutes. Mobiles died!People looked scared. It really did make me think how vulnerable we all are. Take care, enjoy the movies and thanks for a neat blog.