Special thanks to USA Today A friend of mine online recently stated that the state of Texas was having a "Come to Jesus" moment. Meaning that Texans would have some hard decisions to make in the coming weeks due to the winter storm. Because a lot of the problems that were caused by this storm could have been avoid in the first place by simply listening to experts and making simple adjustments. My heart goes out to the millions of people who have been without power for anywhere between 24 to 36 hours plus at the time of this writing. Not being used to that type of cold, they were simply not prepared for roads covered in ice or electric lines snapping. They were not prepared for the fact that water lines can freeze and or burst in these types of conditions. Not having to deal with these types of conditions on a day to day basis, they were simply unprepared. This is not a political blog, we are not going to discuss what happened or are we going to
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.