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power out

What is going on in Kentu*cky right now is somewhat similar to what happened after power was lost in Seat*tle - except colder. On the latter occasion, 18 people died, 8 due to carbon monoxide poisoning. From the CNN article:

The storm has been blamed for at least 16 deaths in a crisis authorities expect could leave people without power for "a couple more weeks," he added.

Rogers said many of the deaths resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning after residents pulled power generators inside their homes to keep warm.

"We want to remind people to be very careful with using auxiliary sources," he added. "We issued a statewide bulletin yesterday warning people not to bring those generators inside their houses. ... hopefully they're now listening."

So they issued a statewide bulletin - how exactly did they issue it? People have no power, so many or not listening to the radio or watching TV. When this happened in Sea*ttle, the majority of those killed due to CO were immigrant families who either did not speak Eng*lish at all or did not speak it well.

Anyway, I definitely appreciate having power more now. I realize, though, that I would still be in trouble if I lost power for more than a couple days as I have limited wood. I really need to get some more wood, just in case.

8:00 a.m. - Feb. 02, 2009