I was on vacation for a week and came back home just in time for Hurricane Irene to pass through my area. We have some damage, but are lucky compared to a lot of other people. But power has gone out again at my house (it went out Saturday morning, came back on late Sunday afternoon, and went back out last night) and we have not had internet access since Saturday morning. I’m writing this from work, where the power has finally been turned back on within city limits. There are still power lines and trees down everywhere, a lot of stoplights not working, no ice or flashlights or batteries or lanterns or generators at all to be found within the county because everyone is sold out. For it being just a category 1 when it hit us, this is the craziest category 1 I’ve ever seen.
So there will be delays in posting and answering comments until things get back to semi-normal.