Hello…. Out There!

600,000 People are still without electricity across the Midwest! And there are a couple million folks out of work….Hmmm…Don’t you think these out-of-work folks would welcome the chance to help out fellow citizens and GET PAID?!

I am from the Midwest – Northern Indiana – and I shoveled snow and cleaned up after ice storms for a living, from the age of 11 – 14. I learned how to layer and keep as dry as possible as I worked out in the often sub-freezing weather. Kindnesses of neighbors and strangers alike kept me from freezing to death or losing limbs.

And I showed up for work without fail.

Family and friends and local utilities companies do all they can, but to hear that it might be mid-February before the electricity is restored – is a DISASTER!

Unless you’ve spent time in icy cold winds and freezing (no heat) conditions, you cannot appreciate how much electricity is essential to LIFE…

Life for humans, pets, farm animals, etc.

And what about the people who may not even know what lies ahead for them as they huddle around their gas stoves for heat? A TV is essential, Radio critical – but oops, they are run by electricity, right? And that gas stove has so much carbon monoxide poisoning potential….

So why not put workers to work? Collective efforts could get the situation straightened out in days, not weeks.

Hello, FEMA, Homeland Security….Are you there? Why aren’t you listening/thinking?