Things weren't affected much around the capital area. People were out shopping and the roads busy today. However, the electricity at the Minuwangoda house has been out for more than 30 hours. Trees have fallen on the wires along the Kopiwatte Road meaning that whole neighbhourhood is without power. Still.
Interestingly, here in Nugegoda, some guys came to fix a burnt out light street light bulb. This is not storm related because it was out the day before the storm arrived. Jay's elder sister said it hadn't needed to be changed for years. As there is so many crews out fixing storm related outages, I think they contracted the guys that came today. They asked if we had a mallet. He used a regular ladder and knocked out the IP TV for a few minutes while up on the pole. The real indicator was he had no gloves and little in the way of safety equipment.
Still, we have little to complain about, especially considering the destruction encountered in other parts of the country.
Jay called the dental hospital and rescheduled yesterday's appointment for one at 13:00 today. He was back in a jiffy as they only had to glue in his crown.
In other news, I was able to pay for my visa extension online today. Jay wrote an email as he got his the other day and we'd filled out the online forms at the same time. Now, I'm legal from December 2nd, one month after our arrival, until December 12th, when we head to Dubai for a couple of weeks.
Jay and I irritatingly discovered this extension, unlike the original, is not multiple entry. So, we essentially paid for two months worth of visa that will expire when we leave Sri Lanka after just 10 days! We didn't luck out this time. We have to apply and pay for a whole new one-month visa while in Dubai in order to come back here.