Day 4 of the current State of Emergency is drawing to a close, and as I type this there are still about 200,000 homes without electricity. In our area, stores, gas stations, fast food restaurants and other businesses are still without power. Today marked Day 3 without power in the factory at work. We did, however, get our single-phase power back so now we have lights in about one-third of the factory, but still no three-phase power to run the machinery. At least I was able to do my factory walking today because I was finally able to see without having to wear a coal miner's lantern hat.
Mom and I just got home from being out in the middle of the State of Emergency. We travelled to three different stores trying to find one that still had eggs and hamburger buns. During tonight's travels, we discovered that there are more traffic lights out than are on, and we even saw the National Guard directing traffic at quite a few intersections. Yep, the National Guard.
It's just been on hell of a week, and we still have two more work days left, faithful readers. So far at work, all of the PTB (Powers To Be) have been calm, but I'm afraid as the power outage continues, they might not be so calm tomorrow or Friday. Earlier in the week they were handing out flashlights to everyone; tomorrow they might consider handing out some Xanax.
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