30 Minutes And It Has Passed

Typical of thunderstorms in these parts I think, short lived but intense duration.

An Unusual January Storm

I usually expect to see these in April or May or June, not January.

Norman To Become A Smart Grid Community

OG&E sent me a letter this past week announcing that Norman "will be one of the first comprehensive smart grid communities in America!"

They're going to replace out current meters with new ones featuring wireless communication to them which will allow:

- automatic notification to OG&E of a power outage
- remote meter reading
- remote connection and disconnection

There's also a link where we can sign up to be "part of a ground-breaking study" about energy usage. Enrollment in that part is limited, and there's a separate web site to go to for signing up to be in it. I'm guessing that they're going to have a program where you can see real-time how much electricity you're using or something along those lines.

I signed up to enroll in the program.

I would never have guessed somewhere in Oklahoma would be one of the pilot cities in the Nation.

Ozzie's Diner, OU Max Westheimer Airport, Norman, OK

Moore American Story on Incahoots Zoning Variance Request

The Moore American ran a story today, available on-line, about the Incahoots rezoning request. It was titled "City Denies Rezoning, Honors 25 Year Employees" and I won't reproduce it here, but you can get to it by clicking on the title of this post or by doing cut/paste on this URL: http://www.themooreamerican.com/local/local_story_006111220

Tea With Downtown On The Range

Met up with Nick Roberts, author of Downtown On The Range, this morning for tea and hot chocolate. It was a very pleasant and enjoyable meeting, we discussed downtown OKC, Cleveland County/Norman/Moore, and the rest of the metro area too.

I took three pics. The first is looking south on Broadway from N 9th, the second is of Nick as he's in his car about to pull away (he rolled down the window and waved if you can tell) and the third of where we had coffee.

2009 Regional Snow Routes - OCARTS Area

Snow routes in the Oklahoma City Area Regional Transportation Study area, courtesy of the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.