Current mood:

full

out go the lights
So, we had a line of severe thunderstorms roll across the state today. Our weather alert radio rang no less than 3 alarms about it, warning of possible quarter-size hail and 70 mph winds. It rolled over us, and while we did get a few wind gusts, it moved through so fast it did almost nothing.

Nothing, that is, except apparently bring a tree branch a wee too close to a power line, and took out our power, along with most of our neighborhood. Stupid storm. So, I got to take my first shot at cooking chicken tikka masala by the cheery glow of my laptop screen.

Fortunately, it came out extremely well, at least in part because the chicken was actual tandoori I had done up on the grill yesterday. Yum. Unfortunately, because the power was out, and we didn't really think that a dish consisting of large amounts of chicken and cream was something that would survive without refrigeration, we threw out what we didn't eat.

Thereby guaranteeing, of course, that the power would come back on in three minutes making us kick ourselves for throwing out all that spicy, creamy goodness. Oh well.

And for those wondering, no, we are not in the flooded part of Illinois. You would be hard pressed to name a direction we could driving in *without* hitting something that is flooding, but we are not. In fact, our sump pump has apparently gotten into its summer mode -- I haven't heard it doing anything in a couple of days, which is typical once we get into the summer season. All of the trees in our neighborhood are pretty effective straws keeping the water table lower than our basement in summer.