Just a note to thank our local Entergy service crews for restoring our power which was out for about 45 minutes this morning. I called the Entergy power outage number about ten minutes after we lost power and was told, by a recorded message, that the outage had already been reported and that the problem should be fixed by 10:30 a.m. The message also gave me an option of being called back with updates if it took longer than expected.
I felt "lost" as I walked around the house ... everything I wanted to do required POWER (computer, TV, washing machine, lights in the attic to get Fall decor out). I couldn't even go somewhere because I would have had to disable the automatic garage door opener, which I don't know how to do, and, of all things, manually lift the door. I couldn't think of a single place I wanted to go bad enough to go through all that.
Luckily, the Entergy guys were able to fix the problem and restore the power sooner than expected. But that brief 45 minutes of quiet ... free from the hum of appliances and ceiling fans and air conditioning turning off and on ... made me painfully aware that I have become so spoiled by this wonderful modern convenience called electricity that I take it for granted. And not only that, I'm also guilty of taking for granted the service men (and women) who are out in the sweltering August sun, either up in the air working on power lines or transformers, or down in trenches working on underground equipment ... working to restore our power as quickly as they possibly can.
They are a welcoming and comforting sight during weather-related disasters like Katrina and Sandy, or catastrophic tornadoes ... putting their lives at risk as first-responders, doing all they can to help, not only to restore power, but to restore lives in the process.
I was very impressed by the efficiency of the Entergy crews this morning, and appreciate their fast response and service restoring our power. I will try to remember in the future to be more appreciative of our modern conveniences and not take them or, more importantly, the people who make them work, for granted.
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