Cool Beans. As to losing food, my refrigerator woes have gained me great understanding in that area. Have you heard what the status is for electricity for the rest of town?

Poeple in places like Bedford, parts of Clayton park seem to be getting power. Downtown has power. And random solated pockets elsewhere. (e.g. Maynard Street has power, but none of the surrounding streets do.) I wish they'd just let us know the priority list so we can know what to expect.

Hi everyone! Glad to hear the rest of the haligonistas are alright.

'Ouise and I are fine. We've been over at our mother's helping with the clean-up. They didn't have any power until last night, and there were lots of big branches fallen on the property.

We don't have internet access, and probably won't for a while. Our server's chebucto, which is hosted at Dalhousie. Right now people are thinking that Dal won't be opening until monday, so chebucto probably won't be running until at least then.

glad to hear that you and Ouise are ok, RahRah.

I have to say that it is a real relief seeing the Hooliganistas popping back up in here. I hope everyone is okay and not having to deal with too much damage and inconvenience.

But what I want to know is, did it make you feel better to have Peter Mansbridge there sharing your pain?

Glad to know everyone is okay, and I hope power comes back on asap. If cable isn't back on time & anyone needs a tape fairy for Angel, send me an email...

Most of us didn't have TV to know that Peter was even here!
I have power at home!!! Wooo! Even more amazingly, I have some internet access. Test only for now. Sadly, I don't have cable still, but that would probably be too much for one day for my little brain. The lights and TV are already sensory overlaod.
Dani, maybe tape Angel, if you don't normally. I'm hoping my cable will be back for the Monday viewing, but with Eastlink's cutomer service, I am not confident about that.

I got phone, tv and internet last night at 11pm! Sue, ignore my email about if you want a shower since you now have power.

See you all when I get back from the west.

Whew! We've got internet again. Text only, but that's enough. Things feel odd here -- almost normal, but not quite.

I've tag-lined a description of Halifax after the storm which I found very apt: "It looks like the world's been sprinkled with oregano." It really did. The houses, streets and sidewalks were all plastered with torn-up leaves.

On top of dealing with all this, the Canadian Unitarian Council is having its annual general meeting in Halifax this weekend. My mother just found out that she's billeting three people. She was also going to be leading a sunrise service in Point Pleasant Park on Saturday, but there's no way the park will be open by then. I have no idea what's going on. The actual conference was supposed to be held at the Atlantic School of Theology, but it's closed for repairs until next week. I'm so glad I'm not one of the planners.

Maybe they should be cancelling that. From what I hear, the south end is still a mess. I heard there were 20,000 trees estimated to be down in Point Pleasant Park. They showed an aerial view, and it looked like someone had been logging in there.