Some are melting snow in their stock tanks, so their animals can still drink. People are calling to ask about how long their frozen food will keep. Power outages are widespread throughout the state. Many people have returned home to find no television, no lights, and no computer. Customers dependent on electricity for heat nervously watch the weather updates to see how low temperatures might go at night.
Board games become the staple of the evening for many families.
Over 4,000 United Power customers remain without power. Nearly one out of every ten homes or businesses in the United Power territory is still dark nearly 24 hours after the first interruptions. Most large cities are back on, but customers on more isolated properties, and those at the end of long stretches of power lines, will be out for some time yet. United Power's main building never sleeps. You can hear the busy click of keyboards and overhear conversations.