Short Stories on Ice Storm Experience
Dear Friends from around the world.
Hi, I want a share my memorable experience from last year –December 07. Life is all about friends and family, living in hope and love. Its about surviving the storms with courage and strength. Here is my story of a real wintry Ice Storm.
Everyone who lived in Tulsa last year in December remembers the Ice Storm. How can anyone forget it, right?
I remember it especially very well as it was very unique and astounding experience for me and my family. We are in Tulsa since last two and a half years as my husband is a graduate student at University of Tulsa (TU). We have lived in USA since last 5 years. We are from India. My parents were visiting us for the first time since we have been here. This was their 1st ever visit to USA and the first visit of my parents to our home since we married. So it was very exciting for both of us.
It was around 10-15 days of their visit that the power cut off in most part of Tulsa. I very well remember as it was the morning of 10th of Dec. 07 and the lights went off. The house started becoming cold and by evening everything around looked dark and gloomy. Now during the same time, we have a close friend from India, Priyanka whose parents were also visiting her for the 1st time as she is also a graduate student at TU. By God’s grace, her apartment had heating as it was running on gas but no electricity. So they invited us to stay with them as we did not have any heat. We knew each other since we came to Tulsa and share a close friendship, as we are students in the foreign land. We decided to go to her apartment. So it was us (me and my hubby) and my parents – 4 people. Not forgetting that Priyanka’s parents were with her.
Now, can you imagine 7 people in 1 bed room apartment? Sounds crazy, right? I can understand that as we have lived long enough in America to understand the culture here. But for Indians it is normal, we are a close knit people with strong group dynamics and social structure.
So we all got a lot of time to spend with each other talking about all our lives. We enjoyed together knowing each other better and caring in those hard times. Every morning, my mom and Priyanka’s mom and I came to cook the entire day’s meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) at my house as we had my gas stove working, luckily. All the time, my parents and Priyanka’s parents sat and chatted for a long time how they felt not having electricity on their first visit in the most technologically advanced country in the world. This was not at all they expected. But they were happy as they had very amusing stories to tell back home when they returned to India. In the evening, we all had dinner together lit with many candles which warmed our hearts in those freezing days. At night we all slept huddled in 2 rooms which has a profound and lasting impact on us and
our relationships.
The most difficult part was that my husband and Priyanka both had their finals during the same time. So they had to be at TU most of the time to study while we all were enjoying at home.
It took 5 days for the power to come and yes it did come on 14th of Dec. My home was lit again and we had a huge party that night. Yes we had to party for the electricity to come back on the day of my Birthday……a gift I will always remember…..
Submitted By,
Glory Christian
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