Okay, for the most of you who haven't heard about our fiasco here in St. Louis:
Over half a million Ameren UE customers in the St. Louis area (corresponding to over 2 million people, I've heard) were without power for the past few days due to two horrible storms. My husband and I have not had power since
7:30 pm Wednesday. I've been doing fairly well, considering. He, however, has been spazzing out about not having his beloved television. The temperatures on Thursday and Friday were sweltering, with heat indices (that's the plural of index, right?) of around 110 Fahrenheit. We had four storm-related deaths in the area, and well over 250,000 customers STILL don't have power. It's going to be a rough go of it here in St. Louis for at least the next few days.We're lucky; we've had power now for about an hour. (Had to check the group as soon as we got it!) I know that there are thousands and thousands of people in the North part of the county who are struggling (it's not the rich neighborhood by any means). Please keep them in your prayers tonight. And pray for the 2,000+ utility workers who are desperately working to get the city and county back up and running.
Anastasia
--who's rather peeved that this isn't warranting more media attention outside of the St. Louis area. It's certainly affecting more people than the outage in New York, and yet I hear about them..........