As I write this, I'm sitting in a hotel room with my wife and dog. We've had no electricity at our home, and therefore no lights, heat, or hot water since Monday, and we've been told it could be another week or more before power is restored. As the temperature dropped steadily, we decided to move to a hotel and were incredibly fortunate. We could afford one, and we somehow got a room. Every hotel within 50 miles of us is now sold out.