Twenty-four hours on gasoline power here. Forty-eight since we lost the electrical feed. A pole about 50 feet away is snapped, the top held up by the wires.

We went out yesterday on a quest for a generator. Went a few places, then to a local Sears store. They also didn't have any, but the guy said that they were expecting some later, and asked if I wanted to put my name on "the list." I gave him my name, but still looked elsewhere. Struck out everywhere, then got a call, "We have a generator for you." Awesome! It's a cute little unit, 5600 continuous watts with 8600 surge. Pull-rope for a starter, which is fine with me.

We took the Jetta, since it's a bit easier to get large boxes in its trunk than the 210's. But no sedan expects to carry a box this big. I went down the street to Enterprise and rented a 15 passenger van. A cargo van would have been better, but they had this one. They gave it to me for a car price since I only needed it for two hours. Cheaper than paying for delivery, more than I wanted to pay to get it home, but everything came together. We have heat, lights, refrigeration, cable TV and internet access.