Jesselp, you may have a point-survival is different things to different people-no AC on a 4 hour trip, with kids-I can see the priorities there!!!

I am sort of surprised that you werent aware-there has been tickers on all the local stations advising about it. I dont know what was said on the radio, but the newsfolks all had talked about it. I think it was a non issue for most people-but, as usual, good news isnt news at all, so they showed people standing in long lines to get water, talked about the arguments & fistfights (Quite happily, I only heard of 3 physical altercations), and the huge sinkhole that was created.