Power Outage-No Big Deal...

For a small town, this can be a tough place to get information. You will recall that our latest interruption had been forecast to last a week. By the time that I got home on Friday afternoon, the generators were hooked up and running on the porches of the teacher housing buildings. A few hours later, my wife noticed that our clock on the stove was flashing. The portable generators will provide us with heat, and some limited electrical service in the hallways of the building, but no service in the actual apartments. The stove clock suggested that we had full electrical service.

A quick check of our computers confirmed that Internet service was also available. However, contacts on Facebook around the village (they were on their phones) suggested that most folks did not have power. This was very confusing to me, as the village tends to turn these buildings on last, because they are multi-residential, and use a lot of power. We continued to have service throughout the night on Friday. My only thought at the time was that the power was being rotated, and that we would go out sometime on Saturday.

That situation never took place. We apparently got left on because a bishop of the Orthodox Church was staying in one of the apartments in the other building. Full service was restored for the village on Saturday as they day went on. Repair crews have apparently restored our large generator to operational status. I am not sure of the status of the two other generators.

This may mean that our recent interruptions are at an end for the foreseeable future. It may mean nothing of the sort. It remains to be seen, as is so often the case out here. We had a pleasant visit from a friend from back home who is teaching up in Bethel. She plans to return for next year, and she got to visit with Alice, and take a side visit to our "sister village" of Napakiak, down the river.

For the time being, life is good. We have less than six weeks to go in the school year, and things seem to be moving along smoothly. I am getting over a nasty cold, and I need to get some grading caught up. But otherwise, there is little to do but to finish up and get ready to visit friends and family for summer vacation...