a couple of years ago their was a storm in our area over christmas, and we lost power on the 22nd of december, through the 23rd, and part of the 24th

well the reportsw wern't good.. they said that the entire area wouldn't be on for christmas, because a lot of houses power needed restoring.

so i gave up hope of getting power back for a long time- and on the night of the 24th, i decided i'd just lie down and read for the night (nothing better to do), and all of a sudden, in the middle of the storm and all the rain, the power came on (and i had it for christmas after all)

so many people in our area still didn't, so i was surprised