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Tulsa power outage: City plans, PSO 7/24/2013, 10:30 am statement

Quite a storm last night, wasn't it? We lost a few limbs, but nothing major. The '06 microburst and '07 ice storm took our most vulnerable trees. More nasty weather may be on its way Thursday night after sunset. The grappler trucks are coming for your yard debris. The City...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 24, 2013 2:25 PM

<em>In tenebris</em>

(There are a fair number of stream-of-consciousness reminiscences in this piece, so to simplify matters, the main thread of last Friday's story is in normal text, and the flashbacks are in italics.) My feet hit the floor at 4:15 a.m. Eastern time Good Friday morning; pitch black outside. After a...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 23, 2011 1:36 PM