One of those already cooked chickens and a few sandwiches and salads for my family on my way home from work yesterday.
Out of power since windy rain Tuesday night. Peak was about 600,000 people. Downed power lines in many places. Can't place them underground because American cities are too spread out, thanks to cars. I've experienced one earthquake (which might disrupt underground electricals/cables) in my life, but can't count the number of outages caused by weather.
It came back for ten minutes around 8 PM yesterday. I was so happy, because, leaving early and coming home late, I had not seen the apartment fully illuminated since Tuesday.
Turned on my UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and PC before the power went out again. I didn't turn off the UPS this time (since it can't turn on without a brief external charge), but instead put it in the washing machine with our devices, so that we wouldn't have to hear the loud beep-beep as the battery drained.
It's early morning. Hope I can take a hot bath soon.
Edit: 7 in the morning. Still out. Getting a cold. Maybe in two hours I can read my manga without using my phone's light.