Blackout

So I'm in the middle of this big Fourth of July post last night, when this huge thunderstorm broke - thunder, lightning, high winds, hail, the whole nine yards - and just as it was starting to abate, the wind kicked up again, and *boom* - the power went out.

It's still out this morning. I think this could be why:


(Sorry about the crappy Treo photography there. Fortunately, when I went back to take a picture of it with the real camera, there was a crew there replacing the utility pole that you may or may not be able to see is cracked in half. Egh.)

Or, it could have something to do with this:


That's about a block behind our house. Fortunately, Sparrow and I did a full survey when she got home (she was on call last night), and both our houses and the landlord's seem to be fine. Can't say as much for the house down the street:


Of course, it could be worse. This is left over from one of the last big storms....


Yeah, that sucks....