The things I learned from our electricity going out last night

This during a huge storm, a storm "microburst", with enough lightening to fry anyone's convicted criminal.

If you have batteries, let them not be "rechargeable" batteries.

Before letting the ice cream melt, eat it. Screw the milk.

Even though it would be cool to go outside and watch the huge hailstorm, don't, because the lightening is popping right above your roof, and you will be electrocuted.

Let your animals hide wherever they want. They will anyway, and will change places often.

As the storm subsides, and you are lying naked on the floor, in front of an open window, hoping to catch whatever breeze there is, your animals will pester you enough to make sure you never fall asleep.

I hope it's not a repeat tonight.