If you saw the video of the radar track of that storm, it was really scary-awesome watching it sweep across the country from Indiana/Ohio to W. Virgina and Maryland and on to N.Carolina.
I have a weather program that shows 'current' radar, but having little warning, I wasn't watching 'live'. We knew nothing until sudden sheet-lightning & thunder were upon us... then *ZAP*.. no lights.

Here are several photos of The main street paralleling us (Connecticut Ave.)3 days after the storm. This kept our HMO dark and made it a 40 minute drive to get a prescription ...instead of 3 minutes.

Today, many places are still without power....in kind of a patchy way. One side of the street may be fine, and the other dark. One friend had a tree take out the wires to the house- which means they are WAY down the list for service...after work is done to major feeder lines. The are staying with family.

Ain't Nature....ummmm... fickle?