IN RE: Bill, et.al.- and this is positively my last comment.

Yes, indeed there are real and serious problems that it would behoove America to address- homelessness, people without adequate health care, unwanted pregnancies, old folks in such economic straits they're reduce do eating dog food, large numbers of unemployed and underemployed, inadequately funded education, .... the list goes on and on- not to mention REAL natural disasters; tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, etc.   

Having to sit in the dark for a matter of hours somehow pales in comparison, and it behooves no one to exagerate temporary inconvenience to the status of major trauma.

This is not "making light" of things- its keeping them in rational perspective.

Over & out-

Greg