If We Are So Dangerously Warming -- Why Are So Many Freezing?

Families Flee Freezing, Powerless Homes
By MURRAY EVANS (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
December 13, 2007 12:52 AM EST

OKLAHOMA CITY - After three nights in a freezing, powerless home, Jeanetta Plunkett couldn't take any more. She picked up her two young grandchildren and sought refuge at a shelter for people who lost electricity after a huge ice storm.

"We've been at home trying to endure, but it wasn't working," said Plunkett, who feared she was getting a cold and noticed the children had runny noses.

Oklahoma was hit hardest by the storm that encrusted the nation's midsection in ice and was blamed for at least 33 deaths. On Wednesday, the state still had a half million homes and businesses without power, and utility officials warned it could take a week to 10 days to get electricity fully restored.

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I can't help but wonder!