Protecting the love of his wife

As noted previously, Ed hates power outages. When I called about 6:30 to tell him I'd arrived at work safely, the power was out.

Yet he was strangely calm.

I choose to believe he was so calm because his beloved wife (me, for any newcomers) was on her way to work, safe from dangers the lack of electricity might bring. (Driving in Atlanta traffic is another danger entirely.)