It's not as hot here (St. Louis) as it was. And we have power, unlike a lot of other people here.
As you probably heard, some really nasty storms rolled unexpectedly through St. Louis last Wednesday. I was at a friend's house and didn't realize how serious it was. The power at his house flickered a bunch but didn't go out for any length of time. My wife called and let me know that we had lost power at our house. The temperature on Thursday was predicted to be over 100 F so we knew we were in trouble. Wednesday night wasn't too bad temperature-wise. First thing Thursday morning, my wife got on the phone calling hotels. Though it had been reported that all the hotels within 100 miles were full, she was able to find a room. So we packed up the house and kids and headed over to the hotel. I went by the house Thursday after work to check on the cats and found the temperature, though hot in the house, wasn't as bad as I feared. Our neighbor let us know that the power came back on at about 2:00 a.m. on Friday. So we checked out of the hotel and headed back home. Another round of storms came through Friday morning but fortunately, had no effect on us. (Ironically, I had booked a different (closer) hotel for Friday night and they lost power in this second storm. Good thing we didn't need it.) We lost power again about 6:30 p.m. Friday. No storms, no idea what happened. And it stayed out until about 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Fortunately, again, it wasn't too hot and we were able to stay at home. We've been good until then. I have several friends who still don't have power almost a week later. And there are hundred's of thousands of others throughout the area. We were very, very lucky! - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
