Well, the power came back on later that night. My mother was in the hospital until Monday. She had emergecy surgery to fix an intestinal problem that had been going on for nearly a decade. I'm now going to be here in scenic western Mass until Jan 5th. I'm not sure how long my mother will be here. There are a great many implications here, but the end result is that I will be spending the holidays in W.Mass, but not doing things like resuming my radio show (the gear for which is in boxes.) Definitely some interesting times going on right now.