blackout

I've been gone all weekend, so I came home and did dishes but.....the lights went out

I wasn't done, but luckily my computer was on.  It was literally the only light in the room.  EVERYTHING was off.  Pitch black.

It's a miracle what a good flash can do for a picture.

Abby was the only other person home.  We couldn't see anything, so we went outside because....
well here's a video.

All the lights on the North Shore went out.  I realized that my emergency, self-powered flashlight doesn't work anymore.  No flashlights.  No tap-lights. No lanterns.  No candles.  I hadn't taken a shower yet- oops.  The only light source I had was my laptop.

Just found out that it was a car crash that caused the outage.  Other than that, I don't know anything about it.