If my recent posts have made it seem like Isaac was all fun and games, well, that only reflects my own personal experience. Other people experienced it differently. If your house flooded or a tree fell on you, for example, your experience was probably pretty negative. Even in our house, we had different experiences. Xy was pretty aggravated by the whole thing.
To honor these divergent experiences, I offer a text message I got from our friend James, after three days without electricity.
Sent: Aug 31, 2012 7:33 PM
I had some punks try 2 break in2 my car last night, then the bar across from me was robbed-where’s the damn power-this city blows-ineptness everywhere! Screw it!
The next evening, a few minutes after we got our power back, we exchanged texts again, and I asked him if he had electricity yet. His reply:
Sent: Sep 1, 2012 9:13 PM
Of course not-maybe by Christmas & I’m sure those cretins @ Entershitgy will charge me an extra fee somehow-they probably will call it a not having power service fee-they suck!
I think his sense of exasperation comes through quite clearly.
Even more succinctly, Karen Gadbois summed up the experience for many:
Time for my nightly shower in the dark then dousing with bug repellant, later I will listen to the drone of a neighbors generator
— Karen Gadbois (@kareng) September 1, 2012
Lots of people had a perfectly miserable time. Some of them still are. And I haven’t even mentioned the flooding.