Keep in mind that all reading will be done with the frequent siren interruptions of your brand new weather radio* purchased four hours** before the first sirens.
Oh, and you had that bright idea to install a tornado app on your phone. It's slightly out of sync with your weather radio so you get double the random warnings.
In the event of power outage, you have three sources of light:
- Flashlight #1 with batteries that may have been replaced (were they???) once since the 2007 gift. You have one spare battery.
- Flashlight #2 purchased day 0 of impeding storms. You will only realize later that because it's cute and LED, it will only give you 1.5 hours of light on the three batteries. You have one spare.
- One LED bike light which you never got around to installing on your bike from Christmas 2012. It is the most fun because it pulses but reading with it might be a bit of a
bearseizure.
Your safe room is hot because of course it's not ventilated. Between the noise and the heat, concentration is a challenge.
Luckily, there is room for one tiny chair so you don't have to sit on the floor.
In two hours, you've been able to leave the safe room for a period of 45 minutes (not consecutively) but you managed a quick dinner thanks to Boca.
What do you choose?
*Health note: I think one should have to have a heart test before the purchase of one of these radios.
**Consumer note: If you've been through one of these before you will pay up to 200% markup...so I've heard.
My selections:
- Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (electronic version at 95% battery) that I began during my last weekend trip.
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett which is still in progress because I didn't want to carry a book on the plane.
- Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories by Saul Bellow a lovely treat sent from a friend, hard copy, not started.
If I have time to read all three, please send reading water.
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