Be Careful What You Wish For

Thing Two takes on CL&P

So, I got my first wish.  After canceling Thing One and Thing Two's soccer games, I wanted to make sure that the snow storm warranted such a measure.

Mission Accomplished.

Then, the power dimmed.  Didn't go out, but dimmed.

OK, light some candles, get the fire roaring, gather working flashlights.  Not a problem.  We sat around the fireplace and read Harry Potter for an hour.  Doing some of the voices produced a bit of strain on my larynx, but so far so good.

No, it was the utter destruction of the magnolia tree in the side yard that let me know we had reached a "bad place".  The Tree Loving and Very Sensitive Wife burst into tears at the sight of the wrecked branches.  Seeing some sort of line (power? telephone?) laying across our street was also not a good sign.

We are lucky.  The school is like an island of light and heat (and internet connectivity) so we won't freeze and we won't be forced to eat the dog raw.

But this is going to suck.  The Things won't have school (we will).  We have no idea where to keep the Hound of the Basketcase.  The pipes might freeze.

But at least the earliest powerful snow storm on record proves that climate change global warming is a myth.  Because even though climate change models predicted snowier, colder winters in the Northeast in the near term, Al Gore flies in airplanes and drivers cars with the A/C on, so it's all a lie.