February 10 Potpourri

  As I was driving back from Oklahoma City last Tuesday, I called and told Granny Dee,
"Let's go get groceries and supplies as soon as I get home. I read the sky and being
an old pilot where weather was a life or death decision I knew what was coming. I saw
the classic "sea waves" followed by the mares tails in a counter-clockwise rotation which
means freezing rain followed by snow. Sure enough,we lost power Thursday about noon.
Thursday night the trees iced up, fell across highways, telephone & power lines. We
were ready for a day or so, but Friday morning PSO estimated the soonest return would
be Monday 11PM.   So we broug ht Granny Dee over to my home. I have a generator
and fireplace. My hot water is gas, so we use hot water to heat our soup & ready cooked
food. We moved our freezer stuff outside & put the refrigerator stuff by the back door
inside. Almost perfect temperatures.   I got one of those laser temperature guages for
Christmas.   Works great for a lot of things! All my family stateside is without power.
But we help each other and we will make it just fine. Granny Dee and I were noticing
how like it was all winter long in the "old days".   But now I have an iPhone. Family,
friends and neighbors have all been over with their cell phones for recharging! I think
am one of the few with a functioning bird feeding station.   More than a hundred customers
all the time.

The Saga of "ICE STORM 2010"