Bastique

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September 7, 2004

Powerless

This simple word may be used to describe my feelings in relation to the more upsetting aspects of the recent hurricane, which shall remain nameless. She knows who she is.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had fish die as a result of the power loss. I’m estimating about $600 worth of fish, dead, in the lake. The value is not as important as the loss of life. I felt nothing but utter helplessness as I watched these fish that grew so well and so large in this tank, slowly suffocate because I can’t figure out how to save them. There were three survivors, three plecos, one gourami, and a pair of large yellow cichlids, one of whom jumped to its death from the temporary pail onto the kitchen floor.

The Fort Lauderdale police department, rather than suffer the depleted manpower, chose to route traffic around intersections, making certain roads at certain intersections right turn only. God forbid any of them get out of their cars to direct traffic. Yeah, I know—it was probably the best idea, but this hurricane got me cranky and I have to complain somewhere.

There are people still without power in Broward County. We had virtually no storm damage, but hundreds of thousand people in Broward suffered a power loss for greater than twenty-four hours. There's something seriously wrong here.

I’ve got power back. It was nice to sleep under the air conditioning last night.

Posted by Bastique at September 7, 2004 5:25 PM

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