Not a real disaster, but made me realize even more what people in disaster areas suffer.
We had a thunderstorm Friday night - it didn't seem too bad, but then the lights went out. And stayed out. Apparently one of the company suppliers was affected by the storm (but we never found out more about it). And then the telephones went.
The power finally came back on this morning after being out for 33 hours. Phones came back about 3 hours later.
Yesterday was one of the longest days I can remember in a long time ... with none of my creature comforts and high tech toys to play with. Our worst damage was a flooded basement because the sump pump needs power to run and we lost some of the things in the refrigerator and freezer.
But so minor in comparison to the other items in this thread and such a discomfort to experience. But, it really made me stop and think how fortunate we are and what a rotten time everyone in the real disaster areas experience. Puma