That happened to me after Charlie last year. I was out for eight days, and the folks across the street had power after two. There were operating street lights one block over less than a day after the storm.

Aw man. What a way to rub salt in your wounds. :(
Hope you get your power back soon.

George, Would it help if you think of it as camping trip, one where you get to enjoy many of the comforts of home?

I feel so bad reading this because the same situation is happening where we live -but we are the ones with power. At night, the people across the street have seemed to stage a 'sit-in' whereby they all come together and sit and stare at our houses with power... but when the bill comes, guess who WON'T be laughing. That's one way to look at it! :)~

you guys just need to go out and get a few extension cords and convince the neighbors to let you run the lines to their house.

What a SCREAM! Dave Barry is priceless HOOT!

Alas, my publishers have wrangled me a place in a booth and on a panel, etc. at the Miami International Book Festival in a coupla weeks.
I understand Barry will be there too!

So I'm bringing all my Dave Barry books and perhaps he'll sign them for me? I hpoe , perhaps, to meet many of y'all.

Saludos, amigos! Life is more than politics!
Humberto