10.31.2012 Day 2 - Still no power and no signs of bucket trucks. We start to hear stories about the extent of the storm and the flooding in NYC but barely have phone service and no internet or 3G data.

It is safe to drive now and so, for a distraction, the family decides to go to the mall to shop and have lunch. I stay home to draw and tend the fire since the weather has started getting colder.

In the peace and quiet of the afternoon, I meditate, then improvise wildly with red pencil on cards, dreaming of what I am going to make for my show next year.

When the family gets home it is dark and there is still no word on when the power might come back. All we hear is "assessing the extent of the repairs". The word is that many transmission towers are damaged so even if lines are good there is no electricity to send out. Later we hear that this storm caused the greatest amount of damage the utility company had ever suffered.

We boil water on the fire for cup-of-noodles and flush the toilets with buckets. It is drizzling rain.

Because the town is without power and dark, Trick-Or-Treating is canceled.
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