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Thanks.

Where I now live the nearest daily paper is the Salibury (MD) Daily Times. Of the 2 local papers, one comes out on Wednesday and Saturday and the other comes out on Wednesday.

I heard something on the radio around 11 yesterday morning that the Daily Times would start being delivered within the hour. It had been seriously delayed in going to print.

I was appalled that the Salibury TV stations went to regular programming following the morning news shows and the noon news, and local radio wasn't any better. I watched more Norfolk/Hampton Roads news on Thursday (before my cable went out) than I have since I moved here the end of April. The Salisbury station at least pay a modicum of attention to the shore counties in Virginia, the stations on the other side of the bay ignore us.

The lack of information available to folks here on the Eastern Shore scared the bejeezus out of me.

All four water plants in Northern VA. lost power, and even though we have water now, we are advised to boil it until they test it to make sure it's not contaminated.

I don't have TV but know to boil it because I heard it on the radio.

Just talked to my mom, who has TV but hasn't listened to the radio, she wasn't planning on boiling. In fact, she thought she lives in Fairfax City but really lives in Fairfax County - she isn't stupid, but she doesn't vote, and she lives in an apartment where the landlord pays the utilities.

I would bet that she is not the only one who missed the order to boil water or failed to grasp the full implications.

The water is probably OK but not worth the risk. So I haven't showered in a while nor put in my contact lenses, just wearing my glasses. To wash everything that needs t be washed in order to put on the contacts, I would need to wash face, and hands, and then wash the lenses. How much bottled water would that take?

I have been "washing" hands with Purell and paper towels.