wow... note to self, do not move to Indiana!
Im kidding!
I feel lucky though, we've had soooo much bad weather this winter, ice storms and 2 feet of snow blizzards and I have not so much as had a flicker of power failure. thank god!
Last year we had an ice storm and something happened I never seen before in my life (and I was 30 at the time!) underground electrical transponders were popping left & right... bright flashes, loud booms... weird weird weird! Anyways I live in a townhouse complex and my 'branch' of townhouses is in a U shape, with 3 buildings not attached on 3 sides around the parking lot, with an island in the middle of the parking lot. I saw a transponder blow there but did not lose electricity... come to find out the other 2 buildings lost electricity for 2 days!! I was sooooo lucky!!
I hope you get your phone back soon!