It was a dark and stormy night. Then the lights went out and the wind started.
I had begun a message Thursday night with the first sentence above as the thread title. Then the lights went out.
Hermine was still off the coast but one of the rain bands came through the area. By 3 AM around 100,000 households had lost power. Although our electric coop is working hard, we still don't have power which means no water. I'm flushing the toilet with water I ran into a big muck bucket. Five scoops of water per flush, which happens only when stinky or full of solids.
This morning I went looking for caffeine. I bought caffeine tablets yesterday but they are not satisfying. Yesterday few stores and no restaurants were open, today more are but every place with coffee had huge lines.
The house was liveable until it got sunny today, stayed under 80 until then and my little ryobi fan was great. The first battery lasted almost 24 hours. I thought about finding a hotel room but there are none. Most of the hotels in town have no power either!
Yesterday my friend was told it could be two days to two weeks before she got power. She was at Lowes and bought the last generator off the truck. This morning her power was restored. Without asking, her husband brought the generator over, hooked it my fridge, put a window A/C in, and got my WiFi and TV connected! They might be Republicans, but they are great friends.
All for now. Writing on a tablet is hard and I haven't gotten much sleep.
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We'll be here when you wake up, hopefully feeling much better!
I got a short nap, now having a cup of coffee. Life is getting back to close to normal.
Thanks! 
I know what being without regular running water for weeks is like. try to not sweat, get some handy wipes if you can find them! 
