"There's A Cough In The Water..."

We just got power back, after about 48 hours without it. Boy did it suck. I could not use my record player! Incidently we never lost phone service, I have no explanation as to why. We are pretty lucky--the majority of Richmond is still without power. There aren't too many trees in our apartment community so we didn't experience any damage as a result. This is probably the only time I will be glad that we have very few trees around us. The water coming from the tap is still not drinkable. Apparently the purification systems are all down, and they are having a hard time getting them back up again. Fortunately I only drink Perrier, Evian, Urine & St. Ides so I'm in the clear.