Looks like most of my town is finally back up and running. 2nd longest outing since Sandy. I have a generator but no Electrical Transfer Switch which would have eliminated my tangle of extension cords because my panel is pretty old and just the lock out switch alone is over $200 BUT I decided to spring for a whole new panel and have the switch installed at the same time. With the more frequent occurance of these big storms I think I'm making a prudent decision. I should stay off the internet too. While my services were out I did pretty good overall. I might add rlp posted the TMRC article I mentioned earlier. I have noticed a number of times when positive or negative news comes out concerning rare earth minerals it takes a day or two for TMRC to respond. On that premise I added to my position earlier today.
Thanks to those that thought of me.
Bob