When the Power is Out

  ~ The Day the Power Grid Goes Offline~~ Imagine, if you will, the most horrendous storm you have ever lived through. Walls of torrential water slamming into the side of your house. Day after day of miserable wet pounding your neighborhood. River and lake waters are creeping higher and higher, seeping into every crack in the foundations of every home. After 3 days of these intense storms there is a lull in the rain, your neighbor ventures out to check on you. Frank works for a large power network and he just got word from a colleague a major cyber attack happened at the same time as these wicked storms. Looks as if these events were timed towards sabotaging the nations power grids. "We need to accept that we are in world of hurt for a long haul", he mumbles as he diverts his eyes to the ground. "Not your fault, Frank." I say" There is nothing you could you have done." You and Frank decide to check in with some of the other neighbors.   "I was out a l...