Susan said:

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I read all the posts, then went back to the original, to make sure I hadn't missed something. I heard there was a storm and some power outages and flooding in St. Louis on the TV at work. Is this the big deal?


While not really related to the original post, the "big deal" was that although it was "just" a power outage, it has turned out to be an outage that has lasted for some people almost 2 weeks now, during the biggest heat wave in 3 years (heat indexed of around 115). It has killed about 25 people in STL now I believe. Also, I don't know if you have ever been to St. Louis, but there are several parts of that city that you would not want to be in when the lights are off for several days.

Shut the power off in this country for a couple weeks and see what happens (especially in the big cities). It wouldn't be pretty.

Greg