Like many buildings and residences in Ohio, we lost power yesterday as a result of Ike moving through. The remnants of this storm were odd....a whole lotta wind and not much rain. Indeed, we're thankful for that.
Our electricity flickered at home, but it turns out we were quite lucky. 400,000 customers in northest Ohio completely lost electricity....and the outages really had no pattern. My office didn't have power all day (and still doesn't as of tonight). The electric company wasn't anticipating this to happen in Ohio, so they sent a ton of manpower down south, where they had much bigger repairs to make. That leaves the personnel here to fix our local power outages a bit short handed. They aren't projecting we'll have power tomorrow in our office either. Because so many residences are affected (and we have some power through a generator to keep the radio stations operating), they are focusing on restoring power to homes before businesses, which makes total sense.
Its not until you loose power for a sustained period of time, that you realize how much you're crippled when the technology you've come to love and adore temporarily escapes you. Its just an interesting thought that went through my mind today...as I struggled to get work done in alternative locations, using remote access, etc.
It also made me think of all the people in the real bad path of Hurrican Ike. They must be going through a lot-- and my thoughts are with them. My office being without power for 2 days is ridiculously insignificant compared to all that those residents are experiencing. They're in my thoughts :)
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