That reminds me... I need to hit the supermarket... and buy water. I have a well, so no power = no water.
About a year and a half ago, a lightning strike hit a 200+ year old oak tree in my parents' yard. It fell on their house and took out one of the upstairs bedrooms. (Let's hear it for prewar construction - if it were a newer house it probably would have taken out half the house.) I am not anxious for a repeat performance starring Isabel and
my house (which is NOT prewar)!