Cranbrook's Dark and Stormy Night

Jenny Humphrey

Unfortunately the experts predict much more of the same in the future.  Expect the unexpected they say, as climate change becomes more extreme.  We can consider ourselves lucky this time - some, more so than others.  Those with a broken roof or flattened vehicle have every right to not feel so lucky but to our knowledge at this time no-one was seriously hurt.  

With no power for twenty four hours and no electronics, some beautiful sounds were heard in my neighbourhood - kids playing the piano, shrieks around the basketball hoop and neighbours chatting and helping one another. The drone of chain saws and generators in the distance as well as the  plaintive and persistent calling of a mother Flicker who had lost her young reminded us all day that yesterday evening was far from normal.

Thank you to all those crews who restored our power remarkably quickly considering the amount of damage.  Twenty four hours with no power was a good reminder that maybe we take for granted what many consider a luxury and maybe we should use it a little more sparingly.

Some who could only keep smiling