Technology crisis!

So after Hurricane Irene hit I lost power for 4 days. I have a chest freezer, a stand up freezer, and a fridge/freezer. I lost 3 freezers worth of food. ugh. But no one was hurt and it was only food. (why I should have a eat out your freezer week). Now we got the really bad snow storm. It is day 4 without power. I am at a hotel using wifi. It is so hard reaching loved ones. Cells phones are a life saver. I am thinking back to when people relied on snail mail and had to wait weeks, months or years to hear from family. My immediate family all lives within 30 minutes of one another. I can not imagine how people live so far away. That would drive me batty(more then I am already). We didn't have power on Halloween :( it makes me sad to think that it was my dad's favorite holiday (he used to get dry ice, scare kids, dress up, play music... etc etc). As I thought about this I was at my sisters house. She had no power, but a fireplace (me too) and I was sleeping over to help with the kiddos. As I looked around the room, I saw a beautiful sight, and I knew that my dad was enjoying his favorite holiday from heaven. I saw my oldest sister light more candles then she has in her whole lifetime, I saw my brother and his wife sleep deprived from having a baby and no hot water to warm bottles or food, my other sister taking care of our pets, and my mom. we were all completely exhausted, but we were together. all it took was a smile from one of the kids to make us all laugh. my dad knew we were all together. And that is what matters! Family