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[cleolinda]

Y'all, I think I'm going to cry. We've been having awful thunderstorms the last couple of weeks, and of course I have to sit around and twiddle my thumbs with the major appliances off when that happens, because (as you will recall), I just lost a DVD player to a power surge (and yes, it was plugged into a surge protector. That was the one where 10,000 people in town lost power, if you're local and remember the headlines), and we have previously lost a TV and another DVD player to lightning strikes as well.

So today it's wet but sunny, and I'm working on the book and all, and--the power goes out. For an hour. I lose my work (not much), and my monitor starts fritzing out. It takes me another half hour to coax it back to life. It's like I can't win, no matter what.


P.S. For some reason, the last line of this article really did make me start crying.

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[kotszok.livejournal.com]

We had a similar situation here. A little boy called the fire department to say that his appartment was on fire. His father was drunk at the time but managed to take the receiver and tell them that everything was under control. The firefighters came anyway, put out the fire that was all but under control... they saved the father but sadly the boy died...

They played the phonecall on the news, it was so sad. I can't believe such a thing could happen.