HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 14 VOL 14
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH 2008
WEATHER; COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 58/79 DEGREES
NOT MUCH DOING TODAY! I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS SETTING ON THE DECK WAITING FOR MOM TO GET HOME FROM CHURCH! THERE WAS NO MASS ON TV THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE POPES VISIT TO FRANCE! THEY’LL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK BUT I MAY BE GOING TO MASS WITH MOM SINCE THE WEATHER HAS COOLED DOWN SO WE’LL START BACK GOING TO 9:30 AM!
IT SEEMS LIKE KONNER IS GOING TO BE GETTING ALONG JUST FINE WITH KELLY AND GLENDA! HALEY JO IS BEING A LITTLE MOTHER TO HIM WHICH IS GOOD! OF COURSE SHE’S ONLY 5 BUT THINKS SHE’S MUCH OLDER!
THE WEATHER IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, AND THE WEATHER PEOPLE ON OUR LOCAL STATION SAY WE CAN EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, THEY CALLED IT AN EARLY FALL AND IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT!
WE’RE HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH OUR INTERNET CONNECTION! IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S DUE TO SOMETHING DOWN AT KELLY’S, EITHER THEY UNPLUG THE WRONG BOX OR SOMETHING’S GETTING READY TO GO BAD! MOM WILL CHECK WITH TIM! SO I WON’T BE ABLE TO SEND THIS TILL IT’S BACK UP!
I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT WE HAVE 35 FAMILIES FROM THE HOUSTON AREA STAYING IN SHERMAN AND THEY’LL PROBABLY BE HERE TILL THE POWER GETS BACK ON! THERE ARE OVER 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER! WHEN ARE THE POWER COMPANIES GOING TO GET SMART AND START PUTTING ALL POWER LINES UNDERGROUND? WE HAVE FEWER EARTHQUAKES THAN HURRICANES! I ASKED OUR CO OP ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF OUTAGES AGO AND THEIR ANSWER WAS; IT’S EASIER TO GO FIND THE PROBLEM WHEN AN OUTAGE OCCURES ABOVE GROUND THAN IT WOULD BE UNDERGROUND! MY ANSWER TO THAT THINKING WAS; THERE WOULD BE FEWER OUTAGES IF YOU WOULD RUN ALL THE LINES THROUGH CONDUIT UNDERGROUND, I’VE SEEN HUGE SQUARE PIECES OF CERAMIC CONDUIT WITH 36 HOLES THAT WOULD HANDLE A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD! THEN, SET UP A GRID LIKE TEXAS POWER AND LIGHT HAS IN THEIR UNDERGROUND COMMAND CENTER IN SHERMAN THAT PIN POINTS THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE BREAK AND THEY CAN MAKE REPAIRS IN A SHORT TIME! THEY DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AN UNDERGROUND COMMAND CENTER IN SHERMAN! I TOLD THEM TO CONTACT WENDALL ERBY! HE LET US MEET DOWN THERE WHEN WE HAD OUR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CLUB!
THIS CRAP OF DOWNED POWER LINES BECAUSE OF BEING HIT BY FALLING TREES IS JUST THAT, CRAP! WE CAN’T ELIMINATE THE TREES EVEN THOUGH WE CAN KEEP THEM TRIMMED BACK TO AVOID THE LIMBS BUT WHEN THE WHOLE TREE IS UP ROOTED AND FALLS ACROSS A HI TENSION LINE THERE ISN’T ANY WAY TO STOP THAT!
IT’S TOO BAD THERE ISN’T ANY RECOURSE FOR ALL THE FOOD AND OTHER PARISHABLES THAT GO BAD BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE! THE POWER COMPANY SAYS IF WE’RE REALLY CONCERNED WE SHOULD BUY A BACK UP GENERATOR TO RUN OUR APPLIANCES! TO DO IT RIGHT, WE SHOULD GET ONE BIG ENOUGH TO RUN THE WHOLE HOUSE AND THEN CHARGE WHAT WE DON’T USE BACK TO THE POWER COMPANY WHICH IS LEGAL!
THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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