We lost power in our house in CT last Friday around 1 PM. I expected this when I heard that the storm coming our way was packed with 50-60 mph winds. Friday morning, I was going to check the propane tank that feeds our fireplace to make sure that it had enough fuel and start it when we had electricity. Also, the winds arrived in the morning, but the electricity was OK and when I checked the weather forecast, the winds in CT were not as high as I had thought. So, I neglected to do it. And around 1 PM, just as were getting ready to eat lunch, the power went out. When it is windy and the power goes, sometimes it comes back within a few seconds. No such luck.

Waited for a couple of minutes and no luck. We went to Middletown (the next town) to grab lunch. We could have stopped at Dino’s in our neighborhood, but were not sure if they would be open. Apparently they were. I made a turn to go the usual way and saw that cars were turning back. Yup, a big tree had fallen and the road was blocked. So we turned back and went the only other way out of our street into the rest of the world.

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