After some years of experience with weather on a Pacific Northwest island, I can definitely say that my favorite kind of weather–as long as it doesn’t go on for too long–is sweeping storms with gale-force winds that make many trees on the island fall over, blocking roads and breaking powerlines island-wide.
Life is turned upside down. The power is out. Stuff isn’t working properly.
Everything relaxes as people worry about bigger issues, like keeping warm and having food.
I don’t mind, because:
- I have some hefty UPS’s that will keep various computers running if necessary.
- And of course every laptop has its own battery. They’re Macs, so it takes a while for them to run down–and I know how to preserve the energy.
- My iPod Nano will (and has) run for over 24 hours.
- My extremely bright Everest book light doubles as a task lamp for mind-mapping and reading.
- Now there’s an extremely good excuse for staying in bed (warmth).
Notice that I don’t have to worry overly much about warmth and food. Gas is a lovely thing.
I admit that a power outage has to go on for a long time in order for the ferry terminal to get wedged, since that huge generator takes a week to run into the ground. If I could get through it comfortably I wouldn’t mind being stranded.
Yes, I get an aggressive isolation desire sometimes. Usually it ebbs and flows with work.
No trees fell over across powerlines last night. Sigh.
Back to bed and sleep because I just want to do that. If the weather can’t decide to be blustery and raining, or cloudy and quiet, or sunny, I’m not gonna decide on anything else either.
Yeah, I get the desire to be in isolation every now and again, but less now that someone is in my life. Isolation is a little disorientating for me at the moment.But I’ve found that it’s nice to just sit in bed and read. Of course, daily life makes this very hard.
Benjamin, Congratulations! It’s great to have someone. :)