"Q"

How is it that the ONE storm with national (US) attention to Wichita, KS, has no name.  It reminds me of a scene in NCIS:LA.  Callen asks Hetty why she never calls him "G," and she retorts: "Its a letter, not a name."  That's how I feel about "Q," the storm that has hit the midwest with a vengeance of epic proportion.

Not only is there more snow reported than in about 20 years, there was also something called "thunder snow," a term I heard early this morning when I was watching the local news.  And yes, there was both thunder and lightening associated with this snow storm.

That lightening led to my latest adventures. I decided to shut my computer down in case we had a lightening attack close by.  When I did, my power supply/surge protector quit.  It took awhile to diagnose the problem, but I finally figured it out.  I have two surge protectors on my computer.  One is connected to the wall outlet, the other to the other surge protector that has all my working equipment (computer hard drive, monitor, printer, shredder, fax, Ott light, DSL box, and scanner).  The surge protector connected to the wall outlet had quit for some unknown reason.  Unknown, because I had done nothing different, and nothing on the other side of the room had lost power, or the other lamp connected to this wall outlet.


Luckily, I had just received an awesome power strip from my dear friend Sally.

 Isn't it the smartest design you have seen in a long time?  And there's even a "Q!"

Color me impressed, and I'm not easily impressed with most products on the market.

So after getting back online, and allowing the thunder snow to leave the area, I downloaded the latest edition of Firefox.  As I always do, I tried to check my blog.  Lo and behold, not only could I see my blog (most of it, anyway), but I could also log into blogger.

So this has been a "Q"uirky thunder snow, a "Q"uirky adventure, a "Q"uirky take on a surge protector, and a storm named, of all things, "Q."

By the way, I'm "Q"uite alright and still have power.

I'll be by to see those of you who have been so good to and supportive of me while I've been offline for so long.  Thanks for your continued patience and support. Now "Q"uickly thank your lucky stars that you are safe and warm during this crippling storm.

EDIT: Krisha asked where my friend Sally got the "Q"uirky power supply.  Those of you who visit my blog a lot probably know the answer, but of course I had to call Sally for the answer. Since Sally is such a big fan of "Q"VC, it was pretty obvious.