Update

First, it is worth noting that this is the 800th post on this blog. That’s a milestone I never thought I would reach, and I thank each and every one of you who takes time out of your day to indulge my rantings.

Here’s a quick update on the status of things here. Our power came back on at the house last night. We were at the hotel, and Susan realized she had forgotten something and ran home to get it. She then discovered that the power was back on, called me to tell me, and then came to pick us up and take us home. We still have no telephone or Internet (hopefully, those will come back today) and a freezer full of spoiled food, but other than that, we’re okay.

There are still easily 250,000 people here in Central Ohio with no power. Neither my office nor Susan’s has power. People are suffering with no refrigeration, no hot water, no electricity, telephone, etc.; fortunately, the weather is cool, so it’s not ghastly without air conditioning. Those whose power has not already been restored may have to wait as late as Friday or Saturday to get their power back. Clean up is under way. Not surprisingly, the tree service companies are overwhelmed with calls that they cannot begin to keep up with at the moment.

One poor local man was killed when he was going to his shed and a tree fell on him. That’s obviously unfortunate, but this poor fellow’s son vanished a couple of years ago and remains missing, making his situation doubly tragic. I hope he finds some peace now.

So, we’re fine. A little bruised and sore, wand with lots of cleaning up to do, but we will be just fine.

Tomorrow, it will be business as usual on this blog.