Well, Cincinnati still has almost 200,000 without power as of today. The windstorm on Sunday knocked out about 90% of Duke Energy's customers in the area (or about 700,000). It is taking them all week to get it all restored. As it turns out, we were some of the lucky ones, to only be out an hour and a half or so on Sunday afternoon. John's mom is still without power as of this afternoon.
At work, I've been holed up in our Emergency Control Center, working on getting supplies and motor vehicle service for all of our technicians working on repairs out in the field. Every day has brought a new challenge.
At home, we've had several folks come through our house, borrowing internet access, freezer space, or even just a few hours in electric light for their kids to play and watch DVDs. Luckily, in addition to having our power on, I had just been to the grocery on Saturday morning. It's been madness out there with people trying to get supplies. Unlike down in Houston, where my folks had days to prepare and stock up, people here were caught by surprise with the storm. If you had been counting on doing your grocery shopping or filling your car with gas on Sunday night or Monday, you found yourself out of luck! Most stores had no power, either, and it took long enough for it to be restored that any perishable foods were destroyed. Lines for gas were as long as 20 minutes or more on Monday night.
Then, on top of all of this, there was a water main break under a major interstate here in town on early Tuesday morning (I-71, which we both usually take to work downtown). It was not repaired until right before the morning commute on Wednesday. So we took a very long route around town to get home that night, just to avoid the long line of traffic that had backed up all day.
I am looking forward to a nap at some point this weekend. I will need it before we go to see Amadeus at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company on Saturday night. Charlie, who I have now personally heard say "duck" and "quack," will have one of the ladies from daycare over to watch him.
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I'm sorry that Ike created so much chaos way up in Ohio. The groceries here in our area finally got some cold stuff delivered, so we have milk and eggs again!
Our dependence on gasoline to drive to and from work, and on electricity is amazing. Neither are "required" to survive, but we can't seem to function without them.
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