“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail...” (from Revelation 8:7)
Some of you know our daughter Amy just returned to Springfield, Missouri from Christmas break on Thursday. Since then, Springfield, Missouri has experienced a very severe ice storm. The national news has covered (appropriate) stories about severe conditions in Oklahoma City and in St. Louis, but Springfield, Missouri (headquarters of the Assemblies of God and home of several major Christian and secular colleges and universities) has been hit very hard.
Amy had called us a couple of times, informing us that 80% of the city has no electricity. Initially, electricity was expected to be restored by late Tuesday. However, it’s now believed parts of the city will be without electricity (and heat in most cases) until Friday or even Saturday. Yesterday, Amy’s friend Faith drove Amy and another student to Faith’s home in Kansas City where they’ll spend the next few days until things return to normal in Springfield, Missouri.
I spent over two years in Springfield, Missouri in the late 1970s and experienced ice storms, but nothing like that. Yesterday I spoke to a friend who lived in Springfield in the mid-1980s and DID experience that sort of thing with ice and no electricity for days. I guess it only happens about once every 20-25 years, typically, and this is the year.
EMMYS 1966: The Dick Van Dyke Show (season 5)
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2 comments:
yes, not very fun. we were SOOOO cold that we finally decided to leave. however we heard back that they restored power at evangel today. listen to this tho, cbc had electricity and heat and all that the whole time, but no one ever offered to house any of us from evangel. now when they had had a fire and didnt have electricity, we stepped up...that's all i'm saying
If that is true, I'm disappointed in CBC. I may sent them an e-mail about it!
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