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We had an exciting day yesterday, but not in a good way. Bad weather is one of the most exciting things that happen around here, and it’s not the kind of excitement you want. I’m just now getting a chance to see the videos of the tornado in Tuscaloosa yesterday. They got hit hard. Smithville, MS, which is north of here, is two-thirds gone.

The weather here never got that bad as far as I know. We mostly had to deal with inconveniences. The whole Golden Triangle area (Starkville, Columbus, and West Point) at least lost power around 4pm. I don’t know how all this works. Apparently, the Tennessee Valley Authority supplies power to this region. Somewhere they suffered damage, and that caused us to lose power. At first I was hearing on Twitter that it would be 2-3 days or longer before we got power back, but it ended up taking about 8 hours.

Being without power made me once again realize how dependent I am on technology. It’s not just that I couldn’t watch TV or use the Internet on my laptop. I also couldn’t cook or go get food. The few places that were open probably couldn’t take debit cards, so I wouldn’t have been able to pay for anything. I was certain that the university would have power back because of the Maroon Alert updates I was receiving on my phone, so I figured that I might have to go back to work even though I didn’t have power at home. But I didn’t have much gas in my car and didn’t know how I would get some. Luckily, we got power back. Before it got too dark, Coldstone Creamery gave out free ice cream rather than let it melt. It was fun to get out of boring house for a little while and be around a large group of people.

I’m glad that things have settled down today. I’m tired of the bad weather that we’ve gotten at least once a week this month. Hopefully, that’s it for a while.