Nyah nyah! I have electricity!
Someone emailed to ask if DC was affected by the blackouts. We were spared, of course.
In fact, as I sat at home yesterday evening, after riding the Metro home, reclining on my couch drinking a cold beer from an icy mug, air conditioner going full-blast against the 95-degree, 80% humidity sauna outside, watching those poor NYers schlep home across the Queensborough bridge on my 35″ TV, with my laptop plugged in and resting on my belly, fat from just having microwaved leftovers for dinner, I thought “Holy crap, I’d bloody well kill myself if the power went out right now.”
Then I turned on all the lights in the apartment and danced with the running vacuum cleaner to revel in my freely-flowing electrical power. Thank you, Edison, my hero!!
Clearly, I live alone.
You should see how tech geeks in New York reacted. I had to keep reminding my coworkers that thinsg such as cordless phones, fans, etc., would not work. Between camping in my youth, and 10+ years living in hurricane and tornado prone areas, I’m used to handling such outages in hot weather.