Hi everyone. I will just be online long enough to update you with the situation in Toronto as we are experiencing rolling blackouts still. I was on the subway when the blackout occurred. Trust me, that was not a fun place to be (I am slightly claustrophobic). We were stuck underground for 45 minutes before they decided to evacuate us. We had a long walk to the surface. At that time, there were no shuttle buses so I had to walk between stations until I got to a bus route I could take home. It was very hot and humid. Fortunately the direction I was going (after climbing up to get out of the subway) was all downhill. The bus actually came fairly quickly and was very crowded. It was slow going to get home due to all of the traffic lights being out. In spite of everything, people were in good spirits. Our subway driver was even telling jokes over the loud speaker to keep us calm. He tried to start a round of 99 Bottles of Beer on the wall, but it didn't gain momentum. After 2.5 hours I arrived home. I couldn't even call my hubby as the phones were out - he was a little worried as he knew I would have been in the subway when the power cut off. We spent that evening in the basement trying to keep cool and we got power back about 6:30 Friday. As most of the city was without power and the transit trains weren't working, I had the day off work. We were just trying to keep cool, as they are asking people not to run their A/C until full power is restored. They now say the problem originated in Ohio. I hope this never happens again. We will still be affected here in Toronto for at least the next 2-3 days.
I just wanted to let everyone know I am ok and I hope everyone else affected (LDG, Christy, Sherral to name a few) are also ok. I will catch up with you next week.
I just wanted to let everyone know I am ok and I hope everyone else affected (LDG, Christy, Sherral to name a few) are also ok. I will catch up with you next week.