Happy to be back on the air. Appreciate the concern and updates, fellas.

Just got power back in my area last night. Still a long ways to go island-wide... and unfortunately there were some deaths and a lot of destruction. Hardest hit areas were the Southwest portion of the island, and the center, mountainous areas. Fiona became a Cat 1 hurricane just before landfall, it seems. But it also brought a TON of rain. At least one bridge was washed out (impressive videos of it... sign of the smart phone and Facebook age). Lots of landslides and such. It wasn't a Maria, of course. But it a surprising bit of damage. Lots of downed trees, which didn't help the power situation.

Personally, we lost power early Sunday morning, and never got it back until late last night. Made do with a medium-sized generator I had bought for such an occasion . That... and a portable gas stovetop we pull out for emergencies.

Woke up this morning to word from the neighbors that power was restored. So what do I do? Go thru my checklist.

  • Switch power from generator to city power.
  • Shut off generator.
  • Connect my electric water heater (tired of cold showers by now).
  • Check in with family and friends to see if they all got power back.
  • See whether I got Internet... and go into Saddo's (my passage back to normalcy)



Feels good to be back. If nothing else, I can go back to watching and commenting on big fights... and hopefully kick back and watch some good NFL games this weekend.

Cheers.