Dr. Rob's Thursday

Thursday, January 6

Around 3 a.m. I stirred and awoke. Curious about the weather, I padded down the hall to my home office. Lots of white stuff outside. Sound of ice falling. The radar showed lots of blue extending west to east, a horizontal red band just south of Findlay, with an extended green layer about 10 miles further south. Interesting.

Then it registered. The Class-Current category in my AIM buddy list registered 0. Zip. Zilch. That category has never dropped to zero actives. A second clue that Ada conditions were perhaps more interesting than here in BG.

Around 7 a.m. WFIN's school delay list changed to show ONU CLOSED. Both girls' schools showed CLOSED. Ah, family day!

8:30 a.m. A phone call from Rich Meininger brought confirmation that ONU was indeed closed, and sketchy details: no water, no power power.

Noon. Rich called with the news that ONU would be close until at least 8 a.m. Monday. The administration was trying to get all students out of town.

Two students IMed after dinner to touch base. Both were home and safe. Whew. Amy pieces of shared her story. Michael told me there is a new "lake" in the middle of campus and pointed me to WTOL's coverage.