Silent Night, Holy Night

"Silent night, holy night,

All is calm, all is bright"

No, I didn't forget to remove the lens cap, this was our view for six hours last night! The night was silent and calm (except the sound of a generator running off in the distance), but it wasn't very holy or bright with no electricity when the temperature is in the 20's outside and 6-8 inches of snow! According to Ameren, we were one of about 200 households that were without electricity from about 8:30 pm - 2:20 am this morning due to power lines being down from the winter storm. I could have tested out the generator that my Dad had bought me a year ago, but I really didn't want to go outside to fire it up and I figured we wouldn't be without electricity for that long. It was 65 degrees in the house when the power finally came back on. I guess it could have been worse.