What is this, Oklahoma? We had 5 or 6 kinds of weather yesterday. Sunny&warm/rain/high wind/dry/storm/wind/snow. The wind knocked out a lot of power lines. No electric for about 5 hours, & cable was out too, so no internet -- and no landline phone. It was Comcast Triple No-Play.

Couldn't get my work done yesterday so I have to work harder today.

The power went out in the afternoon but the sun goes down so early. As I tried to busy myself doing other things, I managed to misplace the flashlight I was using. In the dark it's hard to find more flashlights even if you supposedly have them "handy." The ones I could find didn't work even with fresh batteries. I finally drove out to Ralph's Army Surplus to get a good flashlight since the drugstores have only these terrible cheap ones. Ralph's too had mostly Chinese ones, but I found a good bright one that also had a completely unnecessary laser pointer.

I always liked the army surplus store. It used to carry well-made things. Wherever the ex-military and police shop is usually where very good items are. But now the store is becoming more of a general consumer type place.

Since the closure of EMS, it's hard to find stores with high-quality camping and emergency gear .... oh, wait, I just thought of a place to go: Expedition. The mountain climbers store! They may have Mag-Lites. Hope they have more than headlamps.
One of the best flashlight places online: Brightguy.com

Must move out of this suburban town. It seems to regard regular power outages as an acceptable thing. This event affected the greater metro area, however.