Blackout didn't reach us here in extreme Southern, NJ...but Michigan and Upstate New York's been hit...so consuelo, nancyk, sparteye, AnnaS & Faldage (and, of course, Helen) please check in when you can. And if you're there, insel, thinking of you, too. You okay there in Cincy, Jazzo?...I know northern Ohio and Cleveland are out.


There's been some mention of a fire at a Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant as a trigger, but it seems this is just one of many speculative stories at the moment.

>In Michigan, water supplies were affected because water is distributed through electric pumps, a governor's spokeswoman said.<