I was expecting rain until about noon (Merrimack), but I just turned around and came back home.

You’ll find that the most heavily wooded areas tend to have the most power failures. Some years ago some power companies around the country decided that they could lower their costs by doing less tree trimming, but it proved to be a penny-wise pound-foolish decision.

I don’t know how the power companies in New Hampshire balance that out. Years ago it seemed like power failures were quite rare. We had an ice storm that caught people by surprise, and we were the only ones in the neighborhood who had a generator. A few years later there was another major power failure, and our neighborhood was humming with generators and there were long lines at the gas stations that still had power.