Meterolgists are Employed for a Reason

Hello from Tulsa.

Now those loyal readers who recall Tulsa from an earlier post may remember that Tulsa...how do I put this nicely.....provides a nice oppurtunity to compose a blog. Not much to blog about, but plenty of time and a comfy bed.

Actually, I'm lucky to even have the bed.

When we were coming in yesterday, the lead on my flight said that she had called the hotel and we would have electricity and hot water. I thought perhaps she was being a little over zealous in her "Flight Manager" responsibilites, but I smiled and nodded.

Turns out, however, that Tulsa has recently experienced some horrible ice storms and huge areas have been without power for days. All of the hotel rooms are sold-out with people escaping their freezing homes and power company workers doing repair work.

Now, I might have actually considered walking around a bit or going to mass at the Church up the street today, but since I only packed a little sundress and it is below freezing, that might not be so wise.

I'm sure I could have advoided all this climate confusion had I checked the weather online before I left New Jersey. However, that would have been impossible because for the past two days all internet activity has pretty much been reduced to watching video clips of "The Flight the Conchords" on YouTube.

Genius. Sheer New Zealandac Genius.

It's entirely Claire's fault I'm now addicted to New Zealand's "fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo".
But it's also because of her that I'm finally reading the Pope's first encylical.
That's what friends are for.