well that sucked

[elmey]

We had our freak October snowstorm on Saturday--it started snowing around noon, by 2:30 our electricity was out. We were just hitting peak foliage season so the trees were still in full leaf and the snow was coming down in bucketloads, wet and heavy. All you could hear outside was a loud crack every couple of minutes, branches--huge branches--breaking off the trees because with the leaves full of snow, they couldn't bear the weight. It was actually scary; we're in an unusual suburban area, no lawns or flowerbeds, it's more like being nestled in the woods. The streets and backyards (and roofs and cars that weren't garaged) were covered with huge tree limbs when it was all over. Whole trees toppled into the streets and on top of the overhead wires that distribute power and telephone and internet/cable service here. I won't go into the question of why we have overhead lines hanging from listing wooden poles, a 19th century delivery system for 21st century services in a densely populated New York City suburb because it would lead to a diatribe on deregulation and feckless politicians which I'll save for another occasion ;)

Anyway it took till today to get our electricity back--why it would take this long is another question noone has answered--but our county executives assure us they have sent a strongly worded letter of displeasure to the power company! It was cold and dark and unpleasant and how people used to do anything by candlelight (or flashlight for that matter) is beyond me. I admit it, I am soft. And so are my cats who impatiently waited for me to go to bed at nights so that they could burrow into the blankets with me :)

The question now is should I go through five days of e mails or just start from scratch....

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