Most of the day and now again too. Can’t post. The following was added later. Life goes on here when the electricity goes out. We put tape over the fridge so no one will open it. We work on the porch if we need more light. We make our rice on the gas stove instead of the ricemaker. The only big concern is running out of water – since we have to pump from the well to the tank on the top of our house. The tank serves our house and our landlady’s house – so we have no way of knowing how much water is being used. The water issue makes me a little nervous – I feel like we can live without all the other things, except water. Thankfully, we don’t lose power that often. It’s usually when they are cutting trees in town or when a storm is coming.