It is day 5 of no power at our home and we got the first glimmer of hope to an end with an estimate from our power company that they will have power restored by Oct 4th. We were fortunate enough to have a talkative worker that was working at the problem location where the lines were taken down. He was optimistic but you could tell he was not convinced Oct 4th was real but thats what they had. They have to replace multiple poles and transformers.
That will get power back into the spot where the utilities go underground to feed our house. The risk after that is the state of the underground lines; some of which were ripped up as trees uprooted. If the underground lines are damaged then there is unfortunately a wait for a crew that can do buried cables.
I don't even want to think about internet. Down the street you can see Spectrum's buried line sitting six feet up in the air attached to a upturned rootball of a 100 year old oak tree that toppled over.
With that said the family and I are still relocated to a coworkers house where they have power and internet. Its a bit of a drive but still checking on the house and family members each day. Gas is surprisingly available with minimal wait times.
Also Throne and Liberty's global launch is today. I played early access for a few hours the day before Helene hit so I have some thoughts but it will be a bit before I get to that and a bit before I get to jump back in Throne and Liberty.
A pic showing what some streets still look like.
