Finally back online. The eye of the storm went right over our place here in Richmond. There were some wicked winds right before it passed over. Lost power about 6:00 AM and it's still out.
We moved into our new house back in May without the generator installed, then the derecho happened and we didn't even bother getting on any waiting lists for a generator and figured we could wait a while. Oops. Irony.
Regardless, the barndominium on our property does have a generator and it's running now and we have AC there, so that's where we moved last night.
I had an old portable generator that we got running as well and plugged the starlink into that and now we have wifi and the house and barn. Could be worse.
There is a lot of whining on the Ring app and on Nextdoor about people not having power, like they've never been through a hurricane before. It's probably unrealistic to expect to get it back immediately, but it also sounds like Centerpoint screwed the pooch royally. If power is still out a few days from now for most people, then the whining is going to be deserved.
I will post some pictures later today of the effects here at our place yesterday.