ROTFL, there's always the weather, Bungleau!
We had a humdinger of a storm pass through here and lost our power for about an hour or so. Still hearing small rumbles of thunder in the distance and only just started seeing either of my cats. Merlin's sure that something bad is about to eat the cats so he either hides under the bed or clings to my feet...he's in the latter stage now, since the storm is pretty far away and the power is back on.