In the middle of cooking chicken mushroom risotto last night, just as I was trying to get the white wine uncorked, the lights began flickering for several seconds and went completely dark. Our first Alaskan power outage. With temperatures approaching zero outside, power outages that last longer than an hour or so can start to become more than just an inconvenience. First of all our cabin is heated by an oil furnace with electric elements called a 'toyo', unfortunately we don't have a woodstove. Without the toyo everything inside begins to solidify. Secondly our plumbing is wrapped with heat tape under the house and if he power stays out for too long the pipes turn to ice. With a natural freezer outside, at least the food wouldn't go bad. Fortunately we regained power within 30 minutes and there was no need to break out the propane heaters. Apparently someone slid into a service pole somewhere down the hill. The chicken mushroom risotto was just OK.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM, ISO-200 f/6.3 @ 1.6 sec
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