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But who can guess how long my lights were out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the daily devotional tab for the full story. Tell me, have your lights or power been out due to a widespread power outage? What positives, if any, did you take away from the experience that you could share with others? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 535 am yesterday morning I heard a loud boom, I mean not like a thunder or lightning boom but I mean like a tree had fallen right next to you type of boom. 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