The Worst Blackout Ever

(Post written while electricity was still out) Upon waking up for work on Saturday evening, or, as many will remember it, the worst 4th of July ever, I shoved myself out of bed to the sound of rain pounding the windows and my air conditioner while random Minecraft horror ARGs played via Youtube on my TV. As I sat down onto my couch to remove my watch so that it could charge, the power flicked off. It did not come back. I heard a loud one-off bang outside as if something had exploded, and through the window I could barely see that tree branches were flying by like little invisible witches. This would begin some of the most agonizing days ever. When the wind stopped, we could all see outside that entire trees had fallen, plants had been ripped out of the ground, large branches flew into windshields, power lines laid bent and split literally all over the place, and nobody had electricity. In the middle of a heatwave. At temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more, and 90+…