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I’ve been working in the Boston area since mid-November. This is my first time to visit the east coast and frankly, it’s not a bad place. Yes, it’s cold at 9 degrees sometimes. Yes, it’s windy. So far, I don’t have many complaints. I hear that the fun is yet to come with the January and February months approaching, but so far I’m fine, except for one thing. We don’t have power. Two days ago we were hit by a major ice storm that has knocked out power to 1.25 million residences. Unfortunately, I am one of those people. My hotel is without power except for very little emergency lighting. I’ve been taking showers in the dark and have been trying to spend as much time away from the hotel as possible. Luckily, the client I’m working with is a hospital with good backup generators allowing me to work and hangout. It’s Saturday night and they say that the area won’t have power until Monday. That’ll be 3 full days without power. It’s really not that bad. Just a small inconvenience.