Well, electrical power repair trucks are staging here a few miles northeast of DC at my local fairgrounds. I watched a convoy roll in from Alabama Power. Reports from our local power company (Pepco) claim they are coming from as far as Louisiana. I don't doubt it. Pepco has a very bad record of leaving one of the most affluent customer-bases in America without power for a week or more. Recently it seems as if at least once or twice a year we have serious outages locally that last far longer than they should.
I'm not terribly worried here. Unless one of these massive Oaks that surround my house tumble and crush us, we'll be fine. (Not totally discounting the risk from the trees, many of the branches are large enough to turn my little house into a cloud of dust). We may lose power and internet for a while, but the Kerodin household usually fares rather well regarding power, because we are on the same feeder as two significant FedGov & StateGov facilities. If we lose power for any significant period, it means a major piece of equipment has failed very close to home. As for internet, I'll have net access as long as Verizon stays up, even if only from my phone.
But I must admit, this would be a very bad week to lose net access from my desktop. There is much to be accomplished this week prior to Buy a Gun Day on the 6th. The Citadel has several deadlines this week, and IIIGear as well. But, it is what it is. If we go dark here, you'll know why.
Stay safe.
Kerodin
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