power outage Archive

The storm proved to be wild with consequences…

Note: WiFi issues are impacting our paragraph spacing today. Yesterday’s storm didn’t arrive with drama so much as persistence. It simply stayed...

Three days and counting…11 hour power outage…The outcome in tomorrow’s post…

  Note: This post was written on my phone during an 11-hour power outage beginning at midnight last night. Oh dear, the...

Power outage for 14 hours…Long night without aircon….Amazing responses from readers…

Last night when we were sitting indoors watching the final emotional episode of the excellent prequel to Yellowstone, 1883, the power went...

Making plans for England…Yesterday…a fun and varied day!…Photos of Komatipoort…

Yesterday, the plan was for Rita and me to go to lunch while Tom and Gerhard drove to Nelspruit to return the...

Power outage during Valentine’s dinner…What’s happening with the cruising industry?…

Yesterday, we heard that power was out at Gate 1 due to necessary repairs due to vandalism and theft of significant parts...

No power!…No Water!…Our road washed out…Huge storm with 100+ mm, 4″ rain during the night…Crazy night!…

This morning this message was on Facebook regarding access to our house: "Good morning. "Spruit"* in Bird: washed away the road. Impassible....

No Post today…Power and water are out…Heading to Kruger for the day…

Oh, what a night!…

Last time was torture. During the day, the temperature rose to 98F, 37C, with the dew point at a high/uncomfortable tropical 72....

Still, few visitors due to lions…Two kills found in Marloth Park…Seventeen hours without power…Heat, humidity, dust mites in the bed again…

Note: Due to WiFi issues today, I am unable to post the caption for the photo below, which  should read: This is...

12 hour power outage due to a big storm…Hot today…103F, 39.3C…

Last night, while dining on the veranda at Jabula with Kathy and Don, we were wrapped up in lively conversation when a...