The storm came through Hampton Roads Thursday and I had no problem with my power. Overnight, the power went out (not sure for how long) but it was working again when I got up this morning. Then around 10:30am, it blinked a couple of times and then went out for good.
I have no idea what caused the power to be out but my whole neighborhood and the surrounding area had none. The weather today was a little wet but nothing like yesterday.
We were without power until about 5:30pm. So I spent most of the day trying to entertain myself. Played the piano for a little while (thank goodness I had the piano tuned a few weeks ago), then I discovered a Logic Puzzles book that I had bought a while back and never opened. So I spent some time doing some of those.
It’s amazing, when you think about it, how much we rely on power. My newspaper wasn’t delivered today and without power, I couldn’t read it online. No way to charge my cell phone – since until this afternoon, I didn’t have a car charger – so I couldn’t keep it on the whole time. I did manage to make coffee before the power went out; otherwise, a trip to the local 7-11 or something would have been necessary. No power meant no heat (and all the wood for my fireplace was wet); thank goodness it wasn’t that cold today. I did go to the local hardware store to pick up some of those logs: I managed to get the last one in the store. Seems I wasn’t the only one unprepared for the power outage. And given that I have a waterbed, I’m really glad the power is back on in time for it to reheat before I go to bed.
Anyway – hope y’all had a good day 😉
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
There is a line of reasoning that civil discourse and our neighborhoods went down the tubes, when “air conditioning and television” came into the mainstream.
People used to sit on their front porches and knew everyone that walked up and down the street. Crime was low because the night had a thousand eyes. Of course television has taken everyone off the front porch, they sit in front of the boob-tube for hours on end, and never notice who walks by the door! It wasn’t long ago that everyone knew their neighbors, knew their names, where they worked and what kind of people they were. Now you may wave in passing, but that’s the extent of the exchange.
I actually enjoy those few times when we have no power. Reminds me of my childhood, when we’d lose power for weeks because of a bad storm. (yes I said weeks) We all rely on it, but how much simpler and better life would be without it!
We’d still be counting the results of the Gubinitorial election and Deeds still wouldn’t have lost. YET!
So true. No one knows their neighbors anymore. Its sad how society has degraded over the past 100 years.
I know almost all of my neighbors. We have an old-school kind of neighborhood, something I really appreciate, even without the porches.
you might as well be camping