It did, Dan. As I said, we were hit by lightening and
everything went out. Anything that was plugged in was fried. (
Cordless phones on all land lines.) So for us, it wasn't just a loss of power; it was a lightening strike that traveled through the phone lines (and started a large fire, as well). Very scary. As a matter of fact, the lightening actually came out my mother's phone line into a "ball lightening" phenomenon the size of a beach ball, which is a ball of electricity hanging out in the air - it's a good thing it didn't touch her or she could've been killed, although she did see it and describe it to first responders, who flew into her house looking around after she said it. (We didn't know what it was at the time.)
I just called DH to confirm all this. He says to tell you it all really happened!
At any rate, everything was dead, including our land line phones. I was only able to call for help on my cell phone.
Ball Lightening:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning