Major Blackout

We just had a major blackout that took out all of San Diego, parts of Orange County and Arizona all because one little man didn't follow protocol. Of course no names were given as to who it was, since we're sure he is on someone's hit list. We were out of power yesterday from 3:45 pm to about 2 am this morning.

Jen and Kalista had just came home from running errands and while Kalista in the middle of watching "Finding Nemo" and being fed, the power went out. We thought we blew a circuit since we have been having a heat wave and the fans were on, the TV was on. But no....there was no circuit blown. All of San Diego was at an energy stand still.

Luckily we had an emergency earthquake kit in the making and we grabbed all the flashlights, candles and radio and prepared for the evening. Kalista got to experience her first "blackout". It really didn't phase her at all. She was determined to play with the wind up flashlight and that seemed to be the highlight of the evening. We are so grateful to have smartphones, since that was the only way to communicate with each other because we don't own a corded phone. Mistake number one...everyone who has a land line needs a corded phone. Our cordless was useless, since it of course relies on power...doh!

Bad news bears...cell phones also run out of juice. Matt didn't get home until almost 4 am since he had to make sure the hotel was fine in the event that the back up generators stopped working. On a positive note, Kalista's Joey/Kangaroo pump was well charged the night before, so she was still able to be fed via pump last night.

Better go finish packing that emergency kit...