Icy Streets

My friend Renny in Norway posted some photos in his blog of young children out in the snow near his home. They are all bundled up in snowsuits and mittens and walk to school and play in the snow without a care. The roads are plowed and life goes on as normal.

Here in Oklahoma such weather is not normal. Driving on snow is not bad if drivers slow down and are careful. But trying to drive on sheet ice is very treacherous and we don't have much experience with that.

As a result all the schools are closed today and traffic on the main streets is sparse and moving slowly. As we watch local television news we see a rash of house fires as people begin to use unsafe heaters to add extra heat to older homes. Sue and I are safe and comfortable as our little house is well insulated and has central heat. But for those with inadequate housing or worse yet, for the  homeless, these are difficult conditions.