It finally came back on at 8:34pm

I had a few candles lit and even got out one of mom's oil lamps. When the electric finally came back on, I had a problem with the TV not wanting to stay on. It might be the dust I need to get out of the insides, but it could have been cold. I eventually cajoled it to work properly.

I never do find out what caused the outage each time it happens, but sometimes I can guess it had to do with a traffic accident killing a utility pole somewhere when I hear the sirens of rescue vehiculars off in the distance.