The Lights Are Off but Somebody's Home

Oh Lord, another call from Justin at work.

"Hello?"

"Dad, the power went out.  I need to know how to turn it back on."

"Is it just one room or the whole house?" I asked.

"I don't know," he said.  "It flickered a whole bunch and then went out."

Massive thunder storm causes power outage - that checks out.

"Okay, it's the whole house," I said.

"How do you know?" he asked.

Better question, how do you not know?

"When will it come back on?" he demanded.

Consulting my crystal ball now...okay, wait, I'm getting something.  It'll come back on at a quarter past how should I know?!

"Just hang tight," I said.  "I'm coming home in five minutes anyway."

- 12 August 2014