Ice
This has been a very interesting week.
San Antonio was hit with a freakish ice storm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Highways all closed, and lots of folks got into accidents when trying to get around. We elected to stay at home rather than take a crash course in ice driving. Turns out, we lost electricity on Tuesday afternoon and was out for 26 hours. Apparently lots of folks were without power, not many for this long though. It is truly amazing how cold a house can get when there is no heater coming on. It is also downright scary to realize just how dependent we’ve become on our conveniences. No TV, No Internet (yikes), no circuit bending or soldering or drilling holes possible. I didn’t take any pictures, but many pics submitted by residents can be found at http://www.ksat.com. Look for ‘Winter Blast’. It was nice however to have some quality time to spend in front of the fireplace, studying for the Sun Certified Java Programmer exam.
I cannot imagine all the heroic effort that many folks had to bring forth in order to get our town through this. I’m sure the power-line crews had very little sleep.