31 hours

On Sunday afternoon a freak wind storm with 60 mph winds came through our area. It only lasted 15-20 minutes but it downed many trees, power lines etc.  We lost our power from 2:30pm Sunday through 9:30pm Monday.  That is the longest I've even been without power.  I don't mind being out of power when I'm a little more prepared (ex: having extra water on hand etc.)  When you live our in the country almost everything stops. We don't have lights, water, or use of the stove top.  Everyone of those things depend on electricity.  All said and done it turned out to be a fun time.  My in-laws got their power back early Monday morning so we ended up spending the day down there as did a few other friends who were without power!

Here are a few pictures of what our house looked like at night.  Pretty dark even with candles and a fireplace!