My father was a stereotypical 50s and 60s husband: had a housewife, dinner on the table at 6, etc.
When he retired, she made him do everything for himself. He had to learn to cook so he could survive, he had to make his own doctor appointments, he had to pay the bills. Her reasoning was the...
We have 3 a block away, with a rail yard about a mile away. Port Elizabeth, NJ, is not far. Most of our town's roads go over those tracks, though, so it's rare to get stuck.
Surprisingly, not even a small branch seems to have fallen in my yard! I would have expected a lot more. Power's on, and I haven't heard of any outages. Glad things are ok in your area.
Unfortunately, the manager at Staples apparently thought great customer service meant accepting anything and everything. It was more annoying to be overridden by him to accept things like a clearly-used car battery than it was to argue with the customers.