The Great Ice Storm of '09

Dear Diane,
This is as good a time as any to pick up the blog again. As I write, I'm trapped in my apartment by an ice storm that has shut down Tulsa for the past 2 and a half days. In reality, the storm ended around 5 PM yesterday, but they've closed school again because Tulsa is completely unprepared for any glimpse of winter. It's sad really.
In Oklahoma, we rarely get snow; it just doesn't happen. So for them to have a fleet of snow plows, sanding trucks, or anything else that we as Canadians come to expect would be wasteful. So instead of fighting Mother Nature and trying to keep everything up and running, Tulsa just waits it out. The whole city just turns into one big ghost town, glazed over by a thick layer of ice and an eighth of an inch of snow. As I look out the window at oddity of sunny skies and the vacant streets I wonder, "Is this really all it takes?". To be fair, walking home from school on Monday was nearly impossible, as everything was covered in ice and even slight inclines felt like Mount Everest, and I wouldn't be caught dead on these roads with all season tires and novice winter drivers, but this whole thing is just laughable to me.
Well, at least I have my books here, which helps me get a little ahead of the curve in some subjects. But until the the sun melts the ice(which may still be a day or so off), I'm trapped here. Wish me luck!