I feel a tremendous urge to help you really feel our pain. That thought is very wrong, I know, but it helps me cope with the treacherous weather that we're experiencing, and will be experiencing for the next 24 hours. We didn't get more than a dusting of snow in this part of Maine so far but the rain is freezing to everything and by morning the tree branches will be coming down, and the trees, and the electrical and phone lines within reach of same. We'll be cut off from the world (not really a bad thing), all on our own with our candles, battery powered LCD lamps, and propane powered hotplates for an undetermined time. Because we're in town we'll still have running water but no electricity, and no heat other than what can be provided by two cats and the hotplate.