Water water everywhere...
Dec. 10th, 2007 22:19![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mapsedgeI'm in my office downstairs, doing some last minute-before-bedtime video work, applying some image processing to a bit of footage and set the rendering engine to going. To render seven minutes of footage with a simple gradient color overlay to warm the image will take about four hours. Set it and forget it, I say.
I know it's icing outside, and while I'm not happy about it, I'm not fearful as I was in years past. In 2002, our elm and one oak tree were completely destroyed, taking our power lines with. I stood and watched as a limb crashed down on our neighbors power line and ripped it from their house, causing a brilliant cascade of sparks and fire from their meter.
Not this year, though, I don't have that worry. The elm and the oak are gone. When we bought this house and re-worked the electrical, we had the power line buried. The connection from street to house is safe.
If we lose power, it will be because of what's down the road, and it will be no direct threat to our home. That's a relief.
I know it's icing outside, and while I'm not happy about it, I'm not fearful as I was in years past. In 2002, our elm and one oak tree were completely destroyed, taking our power lines with. I stood and watched as a limb crashed down on our neighbors power line and ripped it from their house, causing a brilliant cascade of sparks and fire from their meter.
Not this year, though, I don't have that worry. The elm and the oak are gone. When we bought this house and re-worked the electrical, we had the power line buried. The connection from street to house is safe.
If we lose power, it will be because of what's down the road, and it will be no direct threat to our home. That's a relief.