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I've heard a lot of people making a case that those in northern states accustomed to severe winter weather shouldn't criticize Texas for their handling of this emergency.
 
So y'all sit back and let me do it from here in Arkansas, right next to Texas at the same latitude and with the same weather. While there are the expected outages caused by power lines being down and such, we're largely doing okay despite getting more than double our average annual snowfall in the last 3 days. What we don't have are millions of people without power due to a completely isolated power grid, utility companies shutting down power entirely (and suspiciously in minority and low-income neighborhoods) rather than enacting rolling blackouts, and an overly influential Oil industry that demonizes all other forms of power production.
 
Oh, we also don't have a US Senator infamous for opposing federal aid to other states during natural disasters skipping off to sunny Cancun on vacation in the middle of such in his own state.

You're saying he's Not a bigot and a misogynist?  Because I'm pretty sure he was.  What "angry lies" are you talking about here?

Perseverance has touched down on Mars and is communicating.

Hi, got to make this quick. Been out of power since about 15 minutes after my last post however many days ago.
 
If you want TL:DR please go to the end to see my request.
 
A pipe burst in my ceiling however many days ago, been without water and electricity since then. Haven't been capable of cleaning up the mess and the company which way willing hasn't been able to tackle the job due to no generators available.
 
Finally after a long day of scavanging online and driving around in person, my wife scored us a hotel room which would take us and our cats.
 
Skipping over long ordeals between each paragraph.
 
Got to the hotel, checked in. Our room has no heat. Still a HUGE upgrade over what we'd been living in since we had plumbing and could take showers.
 
I spent a lot of time after getting to the hotel convulsing and when not doing that shaking like someone who has Parkinson's really badly due to my health conditions rather than from the cold. My wife was so busy with her back toward me that she didn't notice the convulsions or she'd been trying to get me to a hospital because that's not a normal part of my symptomology.
 
Anyway after midnight, the fire alarm went off so we donned our clothes, gathered purses, wallets, and pet carriers for our three cats and made for the door. I'd previously noticed there was a strong odor in the hall but nothing that smelled the slightest bit dangerous. 
 
My wife and adult daughter got ahead of me because I forgot my rather large bag of medicine.
 
By the time I caught up with them instead of stopping in the lobby area or the adjacent dining room, they'd gone outside into the roughly 27 degree weather. A hotel employee caught me as I was passing and told me there was no emergency.
 
As I got outside I shouted at my family that everything was okay and to come back. My wife was hysterical because the pet carrier she had burst open and Baby, a house cat with zero outside experience had disappeared into the night.
 
Got to cut this shorter. My wife ended up falling on the ice/snow and hurting herself. An ambulance took her to the hospital alone while we continued the search.
 
My daughter who spends a lot of time in a wheelchair, and who was the one whose car flipped, wasn't able to continue long and she went back inside. My other daughter wasn't doing well in the cold but continued with me some time.
 
I rallied like a champ last night and spent over 4 hours outside searching. Caught a glimpse of Baby around 4 am under a car around the back of the hotel but she didn't appear interested in coming to me despite being four feet away and me having wet food for her on the ground in front of me when I saw her. Haven't caught a glimpse of her again.
 
The temp this morning has dropped another six degrees from what it was last night and the wind has picked up and is howling like a banshee. I went out and managed one round of the building and had to call it quits.
 
The hopital this morning couldn't find anything wrong with my wide despite the fact that she can no longer walk and kicked her loose. They after a heroic effort, managed to find a cab to bring her back to the hotel.\\
 
We managed to get her back to the room and into bed after a lot of effort. WE used the power chair which we keep in the van. If couldn't find traction on the snow but did okay after getting inside.
 
I sat for a while in the lobby and dining room area lookng out windows hoping to catch a glimpse of Baby.
 
I really need your thoughts and prayers in this because it's going to take a miracle at this point to get her to come to me. I'm going back outside in a moment to circle the building endlessly looking for her.
 
She's a beautiful Calico who's named after Dr. Tachyon's ship if that helps you focus your thoughts and prayers.
 
Gotta go, Thanks.

You're saying he's Not a bigot and a misogynist?  Because I'm pretty sure he was.  What "angry lies" are you talking about here?

Then there was the auto mechanic who one day declared he would never again work on Swedish cars.
 
He was tired of listening to other people's Saab stories.

You're saying he's Not a bigot and a misogynist?  Because I'm pretty sure he was.  What "angry lies" are you talking about here?

From a Facebook conversation involving our old friend Bunneh:
 
Conservatives: Gina Carano was canceled because of her conservative beliefs!
Me: She was canceled because she believes in trickle-down theory?
Conservatives: Uh, no.
Me: She was canceled because she likes school choice?
Conservatives: No, not that.
Me: Then which "conservative" views was she canceled for?
Conservatives: Well, uh...
Me: ?
Conservatives: That..that other one, the one we all agree on but can't actually explicitly state because of the ones of us that are part of that and agree we need them..
Me: OH! That poor people need to suffer and die because they don't all 'just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and magically become rich with magically created money', that one?
Conservatives: NO! We..uh..er..the other one, not that one!
Me: OH! That colored Americans just need to shut up and be put back in their place?
Conservatives: Ye..er, NO! T..the other one! The one about the war!
Me: OH! That you all should start Civil War II and kill everyone that doesn't agree with you!
Conservatives: F*** YOU! *BLOCK*

Mr. Immediate is from Norway--specifically the town of Hammerfest, in the far north.  Unable to tolerate the persistent cold weather, he wished fervently he could be in Hawaii, or someplace else warn and sunny.  One day, he got his wish--and found himself on a warm, sunny beach.  Soon he was visiting places all over the world--and then UNTIL found him and recruited him for the Alphabet Squad.  As he had always been a good person with no desire to break the law in a major way, he agreed.
 
Hope that helps.

Adam Kinzinger's Lonely Mission

Adam Kinzinger's Lonely Mission

Thank goodness your daughter is okay! I know dealing with insurance and repair shops is aggravating, but any auto accident where the people involved emerge largely unhurt is a great outcome.

I was thinking Freefire could be Native American, myself.