OK< my power finally came back on around 11 am this morning. Yahoo!!!! it's a happy day.
But, after all this commotion, the wife and i decided to buy a few things...a real generator for the house that will power everything; stove, fridges, freezer, lights, tv and so on. Our hot water is gas forced. our heat is a gas forced hot water/radiator heat, so that helps out a lot. As long as the gas lines don't get destroyed we'll be ok.
Also gonna buy a handgun. and not some little .22 pistol, but a .45. What is it they say...a .38 will slow em down, a 9mm knocks em down, but a .45 lays em down and they ain't gettin' back up.
Eventually i forsee us being without power for a long period of time, and when we are, people is gonna be gettin nuts. i want a gun. But taht's a whole nother story.