Tonight I discovered...

 That it doesn't matter if you have a gas hot water system - the water still goes cold if the power goes out (probably because the hot water system has a fancy electronic control system). In other words, the power went out while I was in the shower, leaving me standing in pitch darkness in a stream of freezing cold water.

It wasn't just us - the whole street was out - and not coming back on until after midnight by power company estimates, so we lit some candles, made a cup of tea, and Liam wandered around the house blowing his trumpet in the dark. 

Hmmm, that sounds like a euphemism. 

Thankfully the power came back on after about an hour.