District of Columbia

I had power but several friends around Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Baltimore area didn't for up to 7 days. So folks came over to my place to charge up phones, keep their groceries cold, and hang out with power.

For the most part, I was studying for a certification exam so I just kept focused on that. But the test center in bethesda was closed so I had to reschedule for a later week. It was very frustrating trying to convince the folks in the India call center that a good chunk of America near the capitol city had no power for 7 days. They just didn't believe it so I had to keep on calling them.

The very day I moved to Maryland from Virginia, there was a major earthquake in August 2011. All that felt biblical at the time but pales in comparison to 2020.