Well crap in a hat! 

When that big storm came through, I was doing the dishes and I heard a loud pop then the electricity went out.  It scared the crap out of me.  That pop was so loud!  Anyway I gave up on the power ever coming back on, so I took a nap.  I woke up when Jack came home.  We went out to eat, since we still had no power.  When we got back, we attempted to watch TV.  The tv would turn on, but the Directv box wouldn't even power on.  The PS3 wasn't being seen by the tv.  Our new monitor for the Mac Mini is dead, and I am praying that the Mac Mini is ok.  We haven't been able to hook it up to anything yet to see if it is ok.  Thankfully the laptop was not plugged in to anything.  If you are wondering if we had our stuff in surge protectors, they were... well all except for the monitor.  SUCKS!  Just add that to the list of things that have happened this year.  I am just waiting to find something else that doesn't work.

For now, we have bought a new tv.  I am going to call the insurance company tomorrow.  Thank God for renters insurance.