Four circuit breakers were reset. We didn't know how to resurrect our computers, so they stayed comatose. We hoped they weren't dead. We discovered that the fax line still worked, so we called Ameritech, Honeywell and Media One. Normal phone service wouldn't be restored for the next five days, same for the ISDN line.
Security depends on the phone.
No telemarketers rang during dinner. We read only from printed pages. We made lists. We didn't know our weight fluctuations. Later that evening, nature struck again.