Power Outage Anyone?

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As I was getting ready to get off the computer, it shut down without my doing anything. Yes, power outage. It lasted a couple of hours. I managed to use my phone to upload a new image on my profile. However, I uploaded a new one when I got back here just now. Life got a little interesting with the power out. I think it's time I got myself emergency ready. I have many oil lamps, no oil. They're mostly for decoration, but I have used them in the past. I need to buy oil. I also need a flashlight. I don't have one of those, either. When the power went out, I thought it was only the Internet. I still had light in the kitchen. However, that didn't last. I checked the hallway. All the lights in my end of the hall were out. As I walked down the hallway, some were on. Then, they all went out. I went to talk with my friend to find out if she had power, but no, no one did. The 'fun' didn't stop there. Soon the fire department and ambulance showed up. I went out in the hallway to get nosy. There were quite a few people standing around talking. It turned out the fire department showed up because one of the carbon monoxide alarms was going off. No doubt because we didn't have power. The ambulance did take someone to the ER, but I don't know who. I only know it was on the first floor, which was lucky as the elevators didn't work with the power out. It would have been an interesting climb to the upper floors with the stretcher otherwise. Since the power came back on, I watched the last half of the Harry Potter movie I started yesterday, and an episode of Smallville. Now, I'm here, but not for long. My back is complaining painfully. Oh and the two to six inches we were predicted - we got 4.5 inches of snow. It's still snowing. But it's coming to an end. I thought I might go to the pool this week, but not this week. We have more storms coming our way along with icy roads. Though I don't know how much snow we'll get with the next storm. That one seems to affect more of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. I don't think it will reach here. Thankfully, there won't be any more rain. Have you been affected by the storms across the US today? Thanks for reading. The image belongs to me. The bush outside my bedroom window. I tried to show how deep the snow is.