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Windstorm!
Nov. 22nd, 2013 01:54 pmWe had a pretty horrible windstorm last night. Sustained winds up to 40mph and at least one recorded gust of 75mph, according to the news reports today. It's certainly not unprecedented in Berkeley, but we don't tend to see wind that bad more than once a year.
The funniest result was the effect on our gaming. Thursday is my usual board-game/test/review tonight, and last night we were playing Mayfair's new Global Mogul -- a pretty complex and intricate game that I liked far more than I expected based on the components. We were on the second turn or so of the six-turn game ... and the power went out. We waited around for a few minutes, but it stayed out (which is pretty rare for our house).
So the iPhones and other mobiles came out, with their new-fangled flashlight apps (which keep the camera flash on). For the next 2 hours or so (8-10?), we played the game entirely by mobile light -- which was pretty challenging given the large number of cards with smallish print. I offered to hunt up some candles, but no one was interested. The power finally came back on during turn 5 or so. It was a totally wacky gaming experience (and one that probably added at least 30 minutes to the gameplay!).
The cats both have been freaking out about the wind. It started in the late afternoon. yesterday. They were at their worst while we were gaming, because there was weird wind outside, and we were sitting around in the dark, which is pretty unusual too. So there was much chasing and hissing, and I finally had to go rescue Callisto. I sat her down in a chair in the Dining Room (where we were gaming) and she stayed there until the lights came back on. We still have more wind than usual today (though nothing like last night) and poor Lucy remains freaked out ... which means continued hissing at poor Callisto.
So it goes!
The funniest result was the effect on our gaming. Thursday is my usual board-game/test/review tonight, and last night we were playing Mayfair's new Global Mogul -- a pretty complex and intricate game that I liked far more than I expected based on the components. We were on the second turn or so of the six-turn game ... and the power went out. We waited around for a few minutes, but it stayed out (which is pretty rare for our house).
So the iPhones and other mobiles came out, with their new-fangled flashlight apps (which keep the camera flash on). For the next 2 hours or so (8-10?), we played the game entirely by mobile light -- which was pretty challenging given the large number of cards with smallish print. I offered to hunt up some candles, but no one was interested. The power finally came back on during turn 5 or so. It was a totally wacky gaming experience (and one that probably added at least 30 minutes to the gameplay!).
The cats both have been freaking out about the wind. It started in the late afternoon. yesterday. They were at their worst while we were gaming, because there was weird wind outside, and we were sitting around in the dark, which is pretty unusual too. So there was much chasing and hissing, and I finally had to go rescue Callisto. I sat her down in a chair in the Dining Room (where we were gaming) and she stayed there until the lights came back on. We still have more wind than usual today (though nothing like last night) and poor Lucy remains freaked out ... which means continued hissing at poor Callisto.
So it goes!