Friday before last we had 60 mph winds with faster gusts throughout Ohio. No tornado activity was reported but my wife and I saw several instances of down trees that had been twisted off rather than knocked over. Hundreds of thousands without power, over 100,000 in my county, nearly a third of the population. I was without power for over three days. we live in the country, literally in the middle of a large corn field, We have gas heat but an elcectric thermostat and well water supplied by an electric pump so we were without both. We had lanterns for light and would have toughed out the 40 degree tempd but how do live without water. After the first night we checked into a hotel. We've been back to normal for 6 days now but they are calling for another such storm two days from now. Fingers are crossed.