Driving home - hearing that Cleveland, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto had also blacked out sort of set everybody's imaginations in overdrive, but thank God it wasn't anything like we first thought.
It's a little scary to think of how dependent everything we do is on electricity... I didn't even have a phone line because I either use a cell phone (which was out) or a cordless. We finally got a hold of a Barbie Playtime portable radio which gave us access to some limited news.
My power just came back on about 15 minutes ago, and I wanted to thank those of you who sent a concerned email.... everything's fine (so far)!
I spent the evening playing Uno with my neighbors and helping finish off their melted ice cream. Luckily I wasn't one of those poor bastards stuck in an elevator or subway for 5 hours.
Gotta run, I'm going to track down some more candles in case it goes out again.