Alright, maybe I'm being a little over-dramatic, but what can I say? I'm in a little bit of a Greek Mythology mood. And it sure felt like it would take years to get home, trying to get out of Bloomfield after the thunderstorm that hit yesterday.

For me, it began right at the end of the Board of Education meeting (which to continue the metaphor, you could consider like the Trojan War; indeed, there was a battle or two, complete with dramatic thunder), when BOE President Anthony Petrillo mentioned that some parts of the town were without power. No biggie, I figured, I could find my way home without a couple of stoplights.

Then I actually tried to leave the town. Hooooo boy. Normally, it takes me maybe 10 minutes to get to the highway, but the storm hit Bloomfield like the fist of an angry god (For the sake of argument, let's say Zeus. Like I said, I'm in a Greek myth mood), leaving trees all over my normal routes home. Luckily, I always keep an atlas in the car, a habit I picked up from my previous job of Insurance Auditor, which consisted of 70% driving around, 15% checking records, and 15% getting yelled at by people who think they should get a special rate, but I digress... Anyway, it took some doing, but after about an hour of winding in and out of the town's back roads, I was able to make it out.

As a reporter, a part of me did want to stop and talk to the people wandering around outside, but I was already on deadline, and I had to get in the stories I already had. Besides, I figured I'd get a better picture of things when the dust settled.

(As an aside, I feel I should mention Wednesday is sort of a weird day for us reporters. It's usually a pretty light day, since with the paper going to print, our deadline is usually considered Tuesday night. Since the paper doesn't come out until Thursday, it makes it weird when something big happens on a Wednesday, since it's after the point where it could go in the paper, but before the paper's out. Good thing we've got the internet, huh?

And now back to our Blog, already in progress...)

And man, when those storms hit, they really hit. You can read about it in more detail on the main page, but damn. I've heard of army marches that did less damage. I gotta say, though, the town did a great job getting things back in order. And, if nothing else, at least the storm gave a break in the weather.