Tuesday Has No Phones

So yesterday was filled with WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE WIND! WHAT??? and many, many big kabooms. One of which was the awning being ripped off of my building and flung down into the clothesline area. Another was a huge branch cracking off of a tree and landing on the roof of the building next door. Yet another was this.

I have more pictures but I haven't had a chance to upload them yet due to the power outage. The power went out for a whole bunch of people last night because the bright flashes in the sky that I thought were lightning were actually electric transformers blowing all over town.

Even so I was one of the lucky ones to have power until about 9am this morning. And I had gone through all the trouble of resetting my clocks, darn it!

Electric company estimated days for getting the power back. I talked to various neighbors and everyone had tales of downed trees, blocked off streets, live powerlines on the ground and so on. They've closed schools tomorrow because of all the damage, and crews from as far away as Quebec and Ohio are coming in to help.

I still have work, which is fine. Esp now that my power is back so I don't have to worry about my alarm going off, or worry about getting a proper cup of tea. (Know what sucks during a power outage? Having an electric stove. Also realizing there's no hot water just as you step into a very much needed shower.)

Today was much calmer, weather-wise. Some wind and rain but nothing like yesterday, which often sounded like freight trains going past and had me wondering if my windows were going to shatter at any moment. Lots of sounds of sirens both yesterday and today, but knock on wood that those seem to have calmed down too.

So that's the latest here.