Though it is Independence Day, a national holiday, utility workers will continue working feverishly to help the more than a million people stuck in an unrelenting heatwave without power.
Excessive heat warnings were in place Wednesday for portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri Illinois and Kentucky with the National Weather Service saying that those areas would be scorched with temperatures near or above triple digits.
Heat advisory warnings were in place for a handful of states, including parts of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and West Virginia.
This is not good news for the many who are powerless, without air conditioning, left with food spoiling in their useless refrigerators.
As of early Wednesday morning, about 1.1 million customers scattered across 11 states, from Indiana to Delaware, had no electricity, down from about 1.8 million late Monday - and a peak of 4 million over the weekend. A household is considered one customer, so the actual number of people without power is higher.
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The modern air conditioner wasn't invented until 1902, and wasn't widespread until the 1950s. New York seemed to do fine before then. Give them a dose of sweltering heat – it will build character. And these pampered indulged welfare recipients could use some of that. Our founding fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence under similar conditions, and I didn't hear them whining about it. Suck it up and live hard for once.
Where was this outrage after katrina? The rest of the nation considers it a state of emergency if they habe to deal with just ome of the MINOR INCONVENIANCES that we had to deal with during katrina. At least these people still have a home and a local store to buy food from.
Hamsta, there was plenty of outrage, as well as much news coverage and many, many people that went to NO and surrounding parrishes hit by Katrina to give aid and confort.
Like it or not, this IS news...
And no, it doesn't compare to Katrina, but there are still people out there who are suffering.
Let's have a little bit of empathy for them, also.
To the old or the infirm, to our youngest and most vulnerable, it IS a big deal.
It has been
My point was that it's just a power outage, that's not a state of emergency. It's not like a hurricane destroyed their entire state, it's not like an oil rig blew up and dumped a couple of million barrels of oil in their back yard. I'm not living in the past, I still have to deal with the effects of both every day. A power outage is a minor inconvenience. I spend more days than that without power every year. The government didn't consider it a state of emergency when my home was washed out to sea, my zip code wasn't even on the disaster list for a month and a.half even though the twin span was completely destroyed. I lived less than 3 miles from that bridge. Tje government didn't consider any of that an emergency but it really is an emergency if people in D.C. go without air conditioning and have to sweat for a few days.
This is encompassing wide swaths of the Unites States, sonny,and your lack of civility is showing a nasty part of you that you really should consider hiding.
No, it's not a state of emergency, at least I don't see where any state has declared one – but it is news.
This affects 11 states, including my own; I guess if one isn't immediately experiencing it, it is easy to psaw other people's suffering as less than worthy of one's own experience.
@ banasy©
Happy 4th of July to you also.
I think I'm going to call 911 and see if I can get Hamsta a wambulance.
Wambulance, he he.
how does it feel? I'm just showing equality, you have the right to be treated equally and that's exactly how I was treated in a real emergency. Like I said a power outage is a minor inconvenience, thats just a taste of what I deal with every day. I received no sympathy when my entire state was destroyed and I have no sympathy that someone has to deal with such a minor inconvenience.
Dude, your entire STATE was not destroyed! Getting a bit hysterical, aren't you? Last I checked, NO was a city!
bc(iah)©:
You have endured much and persevered; I admire that a lot.
Happy Independence Day, Rawr!
That's okay, Hamsta, I have enough compassion to cover your lack of it.
I hope you have a very pleasant Independence Day.
You're alive, aren't you? stop being so damned bitter and get on with your life. Many were not/are not so fortunate.
No banasy that's not directed at you, it is however directed at D.C. and all of the people who do think that is some emergency. I have no pity for tjem, I already gave you a good tip to keep cool. Keep ice in your hat, you won't eben sweat and will be comfortable. I put my cajun guarumtee on that, just don't wear a white tshirt because they become clear when wet.
Kind of an overreaction there Hamsta. Your entire state was not destroyed. As a matter of fact, the main damage you received in NO was due the failure of the levees. You didn't face a 16 to 22 ft tidal surge like we did in Mississippi. You may be able to buffalo the people who weren't here and experienced the NE quadrant of the storm, which by the way you were not in, but those of us who survived it, know better.
Hamsta, it's a good thing I look faaaabulous in hats, lol.
I'm going to try your suggestion.
I also learned (the hard way) about white t-shirts years ago...but I had my swimsuit on, so no harm, no foul!
There was a state of emergency issued by the governor of WV. The governor redirected gas and power trucks to the pga tour this week in WV before local citizens. Local people are doing without but now there are 200,000 tourist being catered to while the locals can not get through traffic to pick up ice being handed out.
Thanks for the update, and it stinks that the Gov put tourist $ above the welfare of his local populace!