Big thunderstorm last night. Power knocked out for eight hours. Big winds, rain, and hail, branches down, plants damaged, lawn chairs and garbage cans blown across the yard.

And the hurricane hasn't even hit yet. :p My part of Virginia is going to get a metric fuckton of rain at the very least. Hopefully we won't get as much wind. Stay away, Irene. Stay far, far away!

At least there was no aftershock last night on top of the storm...

If the power goes out during the Doctor Who premiere tomorrow night, I'm going to be mighty pissed.