You have my sympathies, Tiger - we had a tall black spruce tree break off and take out our electric and cable (internet, TV and phone) lines at 10 pm on Tuesday (Apr. 8th); got the electric back on Friday afternoon and just got the cable back today. Spent the first couple of days expecting the cavalry to arrive and fix things, called every day and were told they "would be getting to us as soon as possible." The problem was that it was the lines coming down our driveway from the main line - but there were also a LOT of outages along the main lines that took priority. I was really, really wishing we still had our wood stove - but happy that we still had running water and flushing toilets, if nothing else... and even though we felt like we were freezing, we were worried about the stuff in the freezers thawing (still lots of garden produce from last year, plus a fair amount of meat and other items), as well as all my little seedlings for the veg and flower gardens that are growing under lights - but luckily nothing seems to have died or thawed. It's been a long time since we've lost power for even a few hours, hope it doesn't happen again anytime soon!
