Or I should say the scent cost a cent and sent me to the store.
Power was down for 29 hours, and most of the stuff in my fridge didn’t survive. I spent most of yesterday catching up on all the stuff I didn’t get done while the power was out. I kept meaning to write this post all day … didn’t happen. Obviously.
During the outage, we walked. My kids depend on their internet connections, so when they don’t have them, they get bored. Luckily, the storm lasted less than five minutes and then the sun was back out. So we walked. An hour and a half on Thursday evening and two hours on Friday.
We got some photos of the damage, all due to a less-than-five-minute storm.
There was very little damage to structures, as far as we could see. It’s actually crazy how the trees seemed to miss everything.
So we had some nice walks after all.

This SoCS post was brought to you by Dan Antion! Thanks so much again, Dan! I uploaded the Facebook app on my phone just to talk to you on Friday morning.
You can find the SoCS prompt here: https://lindaghill.com/2022/06/17/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-18-2022/ Go ahead and join in. It’s fun!
October 13, 2022 at 11:33 am
my god! Storms are awful arent they? I’m glad you got to walk despite no power andno internet connection!
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July 1, 2022 at 2:48 pm
Great prompt, Linda!
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July 1, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Thanks!
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June 24, 2022 at 6:39 pm
That’s a beautiful photo of your two sons. I’m glad something good came out of losing electricity and that you are safe.
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June 24, 2022 at 9:53 pm
That we’re safe is really the main thing. It was scary.
Thanks, JoAnna. 🙂
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June 20, 2022 at 1:10 am
That was a scary storm. Losing electricity is so hard. It looks like you made the best of it though. Glad you are back, fairly unscathed.
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June 21, 2022 at 7:32 pm
Thanks, Lauren. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 9:04 pm
Thank goodness you got it back eventually 🫤. It’s so difficult to deal with and exhausting.
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June 19, 2022 at 11:20 pm
It is. Especially the first night when the heat and humidity were horrid. It cooled down a lot, though, so that was a relief at least. Thanks, Christine. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 8:51 pm
This was great fun, Linda. Glad I could help. I hope the electricity returned. The brothers look pretty cool together.
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June 19, 2022 at 11:18 pm
Yep, Friday night just before 9pm. Chris and Alex are pretty cool guys. 🙂 Thanks, Dan.
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June 19, 2022 at 7:01 pm
We are a society dependent on the gifts/burdens of modernization. These storms seem to be earlier this year than in the past. Hope the rest of your summer is smooth.
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June 19, 2022 at 11:17 pm
We never used to get tornadoes in this part of Canada, but the storms are getting worse and for the past couple of years, there’s been a lot of them. I hope so too, but I’m not holding my breath. Thanks, Anita. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 3:50 pm
Hi Linda I am glad you survived in harmed, it is scary to see how much damage can be reeked in 5 minutes. Sorry about the 29hrs outage? And your fridge … What about medical things like your lads feeding tubes are they electrical. That’s a lovy photo of two of your boys 💜💜
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June 19, 2022 at 11:15 pm
Alex went to school on Friday where they had power, and his teacher let me plug some things in to charge. She was a lifesaver!
Thank you, Willow! ❤
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June 20, 2022 at 1:12 am
I am so glad that there was someone kind to help you out Linda ☺️
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June 21, 2022 at 7:33 pm
Me too! Thanks, my dear. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 3:22 pm
Don’t remember where you live, but wow! That was a strong storm! I liked seeing the brothers walking together 🤗
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June 19, 2022 at 11:12 pm
I’m in Ontario, a couple of hours east of Toronto. And yeah, it was intense! Thanks, Kim. I like that picture too. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 1:29 pm
Great post, Linda. Sorry about the power outage.
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June 19, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Thanks, John. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 3:20 pm
😊
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June 19, 2022 at 1:26 pm
I’m glad you got some family time out of this outage
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June 19, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Yep, that’s the one good thing that came out of it. 🙂
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June 19, 2022 at 7:36 pm
🙏🏼👍🏼
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