In Ypsilanti Michigan. I was on my way to the library to log on to the Mudcat and found it closed due to a power outage. The rest is history. It wasn't too bad for us though because living in a travel trailer as we are, we're pretty self contained. We have a backup battery for lights and things like that, our stoves and grill use gas, and our fridge automatically switches to gas if the electricity goes off. We couldn't use the AC, but it's not as hot here in the shaded campground as in many other places. And we couldn't do laundry.

We were headed for Toronto for the weekend on Friday, and we were very lucky that the power was restored to our hotel shortly before we got there. We didn't have any problems while in Toronto (other than avoiding the parts of the city that didn't have power, and walking instead of using the somewhat crippled public transportation system), and we were able to get our laundry done there.

We're seriously thinking about getting a solar panel to charge our battery so we won't have to run the van to do it if we ever find ourselves without power again.

Considering the state of the power grids in this country (and around the world), this power outage would seem to be a very strong signal to people who can afford it, to try to become as energy self-sufficient as possible.