Phew! twas hot in here....

Well as (almost) everyone will probably know a HUGE storm hit St Louis last night causing havoc wherever it went. We lost all power around 8 pm ish last night. No sooner had we seen the storm warning then BOOM it was here. Some of the lightening seemed to last at least 5 or 6 seconds per strike. We had 3 candles in the house ( plus the my cranberry candle - which some of you may remember from Christmas Hee) I did not allow that to be lit/ WP went to bed about 10 I sat and read my book by dim candlelight.

When I went to bed I could not sleep at all it was far too muggy , it reminded me a lot of England ( when we do , and they are few and far between) the majority of homes in the UK don't have Air Conditioning, well we wouldn't really get the use out of it! When we get a red hot summer night they are muggy and moist just like last night.

I remember my first experience with AC it was when the first McDonald's came to town and it was freezing in there!

Anyway got up today expecting ( hoping ) that we would have power back. No. Went out for breakfast , fought all the rest of the traffic no doubt doing the same, at least most motorists were well mannered when it came to junctions with none working traffic lights.

Came home sat around bored to death. Sat around some more. Took what was salvageable from the freezer over to WP's sister in laws house.
Sat there ( with TV and AC Yay! ) Came back home disheartend by the fact that the power still wasn't back. I had just resigned my self to the fact that we would have another night in the sauna like environment when the fridge came on!! Yes the power was back. Slam shut the windows and on with the AC. Of course there is no food in said fridge /freezer but at least we are cool(ish)

P.s the photo is an actual shot from last night that was sent into STL today.