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June 03, 2004

Due to strange summer storms, we've been without power here in Dallas for most of the last 48 hours.
Apparently, we had one of the worst storms in Dallas history on Tuesday night when we were hit with lightning, rain and thunder and winds that reached up to 97 miles an hour.
The lights went off at 9:00 here--in the middle of the city--and stayed off until Wednesday afternoon and then went back out when more thunderstorms hit again last night.
The TXU crew got the lights back on sometime at 4:00 this morning.
With temperatures in the high 80s with high humidity, I started to understand in a real way how the people of Iraq and our soldiers there felt without any power in the heat.
I fared far less well than they, I fear.
I suppose I'm spoiled and take electricity and its many applications for granted, but not today!
The worse news is, it showed us that if there's a terror attack here with similar or worse effects on power, water, etc., we're screwed and now definitely in need of more batteries for all of our emergency lights, flashlights and radios.
Say a little prayer for us because there are more storms headed our way this afternoon that threaten to do the same things all over again.