de-energized
The electricity went out. Apparently there was a loud boom when it happened. A fire truck went by on the next street down, so it was probably a transformer.
We're not up on the Pepco map yet, but it hasn't been updated in almost half an hour. Looks like they have quite a few small outages here and there.
I'm sitting in the living room with candles lit and a fire going (though this wood isn't burning all that intensely) wondering how much longer the battery that's keeping the router and cable modem running is going to last.
Also this is my old PowerBook and its battery isn't all that great at holding a charge any more.
Hopefully this won't be anything like the last time the power went out... Hurricane Isabelle kept us in the dark for an entire week.
I think we're up to about five inches of snow so far, I might take a walk outside in a bit to see what it looks like.
Also, the web cam is not updating while the power is out.