Power transformer blew not far from our house. 80k without power when it happened. My backyard temp gauge was reading 135* and my indoor was jumping from 79 to 91 really fast.

Only source of info at the house was from our 'emergency' radio. Gave me enough info to realize we were pulling back to our folks place that had power. A few hours later we had power.

Sidenote, using the iPhone app Oo Tunes, I had placed the local police, fire scanner in my Favorite file and got to listen to the police work the traffic and surprisingly the news people around for safety.