Our power was out from about 7:30 AM on Monday until some time yesterday. Thirty-three hours, according to He Who Keeps Better Tabs On Such Things than me. That Nor'easter that screeched through here almost knocked-out our entire county.

After the initial "Wah!", I went into "our power could be out for quite some time" mode. I ate the ice cream before it melted. One must have priorities.

Then, I moved the most perishables into a cooler with the ice units from the freezer. I did not, alas, make it into the shower before we lost water pressure upstairs, nor before the water in the hot water heater cooled down. Thankfully, we have a propane-run stove, so I was able to boil water.

More than 50,000 CVPS customers lost power in Monday's storm, as winds gusted up to 70 mph.