Okay, just a quick note on that Storm thing that you may have possibly heard about.
What a week it was in Port Stephens! (when is it not?)
The Blackout somehow came to more-or-less an end, for most of us by Monday/Tuesday, although a couple of Candle Light Dinners seemed to be still flickering around Soldiers Point. We survived the 'Tree Storm', as one child aptly called it.
To be in complete - medieval - darkness, without every 19th, 20th and 21st industrial advancement since the rotative steam engine, was a rather quaint experience to say the least.
Okay, no it wasn't quaint, it was weird! An impromptu fire-drill for a future emergency... " The Preppers" no doubt had a field day! But I guess we've all learned the lesson, to some extent, of preparedness, resilience, community and the rather wondrous invention of Diesel Generators.
Stay Warm.
