Well, come on now -- if you play this game...

We've been without power since Thursday evening in Garrett Park, MD (a small town outside DC). My wife just called from home to say that the Pepco trucks (or really one Pepco truck and a horde of Savannah power trucks) just rolled into town. We had lots of trees blown down, taking many wires and power poles down with them. The repair crews don't have any replacement poles with them, and say it might be tomorrow before they get us back up.

It's been especially um, "fun" since we have a 7 week old baby and 3 year old to take care of. Changing diapers by flashlight - what a joy. Thank goodness for the gas hot water heater (and potable water - our Virginia neighbors had to boil water for a few days). Do they make gas powered refridgerators?

I was in NC when Fran came through and had no power for the better part of a week, and also lost power for 3 days a few winters back from an ice storm: I thought I'd done my time!

And the reason I opened with the quote - I really can't compete with tanstaafl: Our nanny (who hails from the tiny island of Dominica - "Not the Dominican Republic!" she always adds) tells of when hurricane David came through and left them without power for over a year. Ouch.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

-jk