Peaceful Skies

We've had the joy of having our son & daughter-in-love for the weekend, thanks to the hurricane warnings!  Since it was tracking to make a direct hit on Virginia Beach, they drove down last night, hoping to avoid power outages and fierce storms.  About an hour after they arrived, just after their impromptu swim with the kids whose mom & dad were out of town for the night, so grandparents could let them stay up late enough to swim after dark,  our power went out.  No strong wind, no rain, nothing.... except that we heard a transformer nearby pop several times.  They had all just towel-dried, so we went in, got flashlights out, & lit candles.  After getting the kids ready for bed, we realized that we would quickly lose the cool air in the house... I hadn't figured on the AC quitting.  So I had to find the only 2 temporary screens we have, and put one in each of the "guest" bedrooms.  Our bedroom is big enough to hold the coolness a bit longer.  We were only without power for a couple of hours, so at 12:30 AM all the lights in the living room came back on.  But so did the AC, for which we were very grateful!

We dodged the damage this time and so did Virginia Beach... But at least we got a nice visit from our "kids" out of it.  Thankful that there was so much less damage all along the coast than had been predicted!