Hurricane Isabel = $$$

Why you ask? Because Lowe’s is selling generators for about $600 a pop! I don’t know which is worse. . . that generators cost that much, or that everyone and their brother is lining up to get them. And to think that all I wanted was a damn rake.

Power went off at about 9:00pm last night – right in the middle of the Tech-A&M game – and was restored here at about 3:00pm today. All in all not too bad of a storm, although further down the Northern Neck and in Fredericksburg it looks pretty bad. Nothing unmanagable though.

Give emergency services, police, and electrical linemen credit though – they are busting their butts to get things done. Kudos fellas.