in Topanga Canyon it is not a matter of if the power is going to go down in a rainstorm, but when. Ours is down as is that of much of the rest of the canyon. The branch pictured here is but one of many of the day’s power assassins.
Edison has no ETA. In fact, at this point, the operators sound quite bored with the issue of outages generally—what with approximately 44,000 LA County residents estimated to be without electricity.
Back when the vagueries of nature and So Cal Edison allow.
PS: In order to get this particular post up, I have driven halfway down Topanga toward the coast to find a spot where I could pull over to the side of the road in an area that still has the magic of electricity. (In case you were curious.)
PPS: And, yes, I am extremely aware that it could sound more than a bit clueless and churlish to complain about an inconvenience like a power outage in light of the still nearly unimaginable catastrophe that continues to unfold daily in Haiti.
In 1984 my parents lived just outside of Huntsville, AL on Alabama Highway 53. In February of that year they had an ice storm that dumped about 8 inches of ice. They were hemmed in far from town with neither water nor electricity. They melted ice for drinking and cooking. After about five days the roads cleared up enough for my dad to drive to the next town, he went and bought a generator. I’d get one if I were you, Celeste.
In Georgia, our power company has this novel idea of clearing limbs away from transmission lines before they can cause storm outages. And, in our neighborhood we have this new thing called underground utilities. Topanga must be very quaint.
Randy, that is one horrible story about your parents. It’s to their credit that they handled it without an all-out federal effort. That’s the way it used to be.
glad you are safe. don’t sleep near trees. nature is definitely flexing her powers globally.
CCD’s absolutely right. Since the Vatican issued it’s Papal opinion that James Cameron’s AVATAR is heretical in it’s supposed “worship of nature”, Mother Nature is responding in Her own way. Besides 2012 is just around the corner and a few trailers always boost attendance for the Main Attraction.
If Gava Joe is right, the Vatican and Chinese government have something in common. Even though NORMALLY the Chinese gov’t persecutes Christian churches (as well as Tibetan, etc.) not under its official auspices. For that matter, the whole American right hates the movie too. All of which is enough to make me want to like it, not to mention, admiring the way it’s constructed its own linguistic and horticultural vocab.
Well, that’s what happens when you live near nature. And power lines. Hopefully they get you back up and running soon!
I think Gava Joe’s dead on.
By the way, I saw it over the weekend. The story’s pretty dweebie.
Cameron’s not a terribly nuanced guy and a healthy dose of humor and/or irony might have helped. Plus he doesn’t have the myth-making chops of a George Lucas.
All that said, it’s stunningly beautiful, wildly engrossing on a purely sensual level and more than worth your time—even if you have to forgive some sins to thoroughly take the ride. My inner 9-year-old now really, really wants her own Flying Mountain Banshee—aka a nice winged Ikran.
I’ll have to wait for the DVD, will forego the big screen. But James Cameron! I really want to see him repeat any facsimile of his “I’m King of the World” exclamation at the Oscars. Remember his acceptance for Titanic? All the humiiity of an iceberg that *Night To Remember.
*Much better Titanic film.
A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster Avatar in 3D, a doctor says.
I know James Cameron and he is no Akira Kurosawa !!!