Tonight I’ll be watching the Olympics. And remembering…
13 August 2004. Friday the 13th [not that I hold to any such superstitions]. I was watching the opening ceremony for the Athens Olympics on TV. A storm raged outside. Really. [It was a dark and stormy night....] Hurricane Charlie.
As I recall, it was about quarter after nine pm when my electricity went out. I got it back… a week later.
I was luckier than many — I lost a couple branches from the trees in my yard, but not my roof or any other essential parts [except that electricity part, of course]. As a result, I didn’t get to watch nearly as much of the Olympics as I had planned.
That was a really bad storm season. We had been hit by a tropical storm just one day before Charlie. A couple weeks later we were hit by Hurricane Frances [three days w/o electricity for me that time]. Another couple weeks and we suffered Hurricane Jeanne [only 15 minutes w/o electricity -- woo-hoo!]. those are just the high low points!
Tonight I hope all the excitement is on the tube. I’ll be watching….
P.S. What a spectacular opening ceremony! Do you have a favorite part?
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yeesh, what an awful time that must have been. judging by the comment you just left at m y place you made it through ok, this time around.
Yeah, we had a thunderstorm but this time of year it would be more unusual if we didn’t have that…. ~Tim
Oh, did the Olympics start already?
Amendment to previous comment:
So that’s why Project Runway had an Olympic challenge! I finally saw Ralph Lauren’s designs for the American team and I have to say that he could have done better. Fairly plain, esp. when compared to some of the designs exhibited by other countries. So from a fashion perspective–go, Olympics!
Bad Ralph. They should have hired Calvin Klein or DVF.
I remember when you guys had all those storms b/c my aunt/uncle live in the Tampa area and were pretty fortunate. As for the opening ceremony, I kind of liked the lighted drums in the darkness as well as those boxes that danced up and down (with the people inside).