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08/16/2004: "Dark ages"

Still no power at home. A co-worker who lives in my neighborhood less than a mile away said he heard we wouldn't have power for another 3 days.

It really hasn't been unbearable. It's been *relatively* cool, about 80 degrees in the house in the afternoon. We've been working outside clearing debris in the morning, then taking a cold shower and leaving the house around 2 p.m. to take a long lunch somewhere -- luckily decent places are open -- then going into work a bit early.

It's mostly been boring. I've been forced to go to bed right after I get home from work because there's basically nothing else to do.

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