AOW...

...may be out of the loop for a while.
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Several transformers in her area experienced catastrophic failures, at the same time. She will not be able to test her modem until she gets a new power strip...hopefully the power strip took the hit and the modem is fine.

She was without power for 5 hours, it has come back on, but now they have no water...

If it isn't one thing, it's 20 others!

UPDATE!
The reason AOW has no water, is because there is a break in the waterline, near her meter...if it is on the house side, we may need to take up a fund to help pay for the repair...if it is street side, pray that the water company has to foot the bill...looks like the water will be turned off on her street(oh, joy) and the street may have to be dug up!

UPDATE FROM AOW:
Finally! I'm back, as of 4:20 PM, Eastern Daylight Time. More in the comments section later.