In the afternoon of Tuesday of last week, storm Isaias hit Connecticut.
Interestingly, hardly any weather forecasters seemed to know how to say the name of this storm.
They kept saying, "Ee-sah-EE-sis," like it's a process, not a name.
I finally looked it up, and it appears that there are many ways to say this name.
Notably, in Spanish it's "Ee-sah-EE-ahs," but in other countries it's "Ee-SAI-ahs."
Americans would probably say, "Ai-ZAY-as."
Why they chose a name with such a complex pronunciation is a quandry.
So anyway, Isaias rolled on through that afternoon, with a path to our west.
Not good.
To the west of Isaias, they got rain, which we certainly could have used.
We didn't get much rain at all.
On our side of Isaias, we got wind.
It wasn't a hurricane, but there were "microbursts" and shearing winds that twisted branches.
You know where this is going.....
Luckily, our power flickered but did not go out.
Most of our town, however, lost power.
The next day, when we lost power for three hours,
we also lost internet for almost five days.
Our best connection to the outside world was
our old-fashioned newspaper, and the radio.
The cell phones worked for talking,
but with delays in texting, inconsistent emails, and nonexistent web pages.
All the way until Sunday afternoon.
We found out about its return when we got back from one of many trips to bulky waste.
So there you have it. A mess.
The power company is getting its due now, for sure.
So is our cable company.
Our town had trucks all the way from Canada to get our power back!
I had a friend come by to charge her phone, and I also lent her a charging brick.
I offered more charging services to other friends, as well as water for those with wells,
but they did ok I guess.
Ironically, our son, living on a street notorious for losing power, did fine!
He just lost power for a few hours on Sunday after a transformer blew.
We were armed and ready to help him with a small generator and water so he can flush,
but miraculously, it wasn't necessary yet again!
Now is the time to re-assess the trees in our yard,
because you never know when another storm might hit.
Wishing everyone well!
