-=> Quoting Jack Sargeant to Fred Austin <=-
 
 >          Yes we were all down here, really down.  The ice  was
 > more  than 3 inches thick on everything, quite the mess, but I'm sure you
 > caught some of it on the news etc...
 JS> Yes, It's being hailed as the worst storm in recent memory. It also
 JS> brought out the good in people as in all that shared their meager
 JS> supplies with their less fortunate neighbors.
    Hi Jack,
         I can say I only remember one equivalent to it  way back.  It 
was actually 3 storms of freezing rain, one after the other basically.
I may have to retract my 3 inch of ice on everything.   They have  been 
using graders  and bulldozers  to tear  off the  ice of  sidewalks and 
streets, the chunks in some places are more like 6 to 8 inches thick.
Things are at least  getting back  to normal  for most  people, though 
some are still without power in the hardest hit areas and are expected 
to be without for the next 10 days.  As for  the good  it did  in most 
cases,  in  some cases  no.  There  were widespread  stories of  price 
gouging.  Some hotels tripled their prices  etc, stores  were stripped 
of items like candles, batteries etc.  A list of the gouging offenders 
is seriously being drawn up and will be investigated.  All of this did 
show one thing, how dangerously dependent  we are  on all  our systems 
and how fragile they are.........
Happy Trails,
Fred.
 Internet: Fred.Austin@juxta.mn.pubnix.net   
           Fred.Austin@sphinx.hughestech.com 
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