OK, so it wasn't quite dark and it wasn't exactly stormy. I was sitting in the basement; fire blazing, knitting, watching TV and thinking I should go upstairs and thaw out something to cook for dinner when suddenly the lights, gas fireplace fan and TV went off. The whole house was eerily quiet. It was 5:45 PM and aside from the warm glow of the fire there was just a hint of fleeting daylight coming through the basement windows. Light enough to see my way upstairs, I turned off the fire and went in search of flashlights and candles. By the time DH arrived home it was pitch dark outside. A large area of Port Alberni was without power. As it was so dark I would have had trouble making sandwiches DH suggested dining out. We chose Solda’s Restaurant as they are far enough away that they probably had power. Almost immediately after we had placed our orders someone at a nearby table got the word on their cell phone and announced, “The power’s back on!” I really like these power outages that don’t last so long the milk goes warm or meat in the freezer thaws but last just long enough to go out for dinner.