Returning to Colorado Springs on October 10 at 7:40 pm in an ice / snow storm was a piece of cake as far as the flight was concerned. The roads however were a different story. The City failed to spread sand in advance of the event and pileups of cars, trucks, semis and emergency vehicles occurred all over town. Again, we arrived to our home safely. Upon arrival, a yellow tag was on the door from the Utilities department -- there had been a "leak" in our meter outside so the gas was turned off. Surprise! Our indoor environment was almost the same temperature as outdoors with the indication that it would not improve until a utility worker arrived to turn the gas on. After 5 hours of radiation heating from a log fire, the interior warmed to a frosty 52. At 2:00 am the representative of CSU arrived and restored life to our furnace and our fingers and toes. By 4:00 am we were warm enough to climb into bed without becoming icicles.
I'm thankful for:
- the man who came in spite of road conditions,
- the wind was not blowing,
- we had wood and a fireplace in which to burn it,
- this was only the first day of the intense cold so the water pipes were not exposed to deep cold,
- hot chocolate, tea, candles and warm blankets
- electricity and heat!
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