Taos Says Thanks to Gas Lighting Workers

This photo nicely illustrates the kind of folks who make Taos their home. It's one man's "thank you" to the many workers who came from around the country to help us in our time of need...working around the clock in freezing weather and snow flurries, getting our natural gas back in our homes. ~Jean

The two signs in the photo read: "Gas Lighters, Taos Thanks You" and "Please Forgive Our Odd Ways."

Photo by Lisa Joyce, signs by Jeff Northrup (Click on the photo for a larger version)

Our Taos Gas Outage Report

Aimee and I want to extend an awe-inspired thank you to the massive group of workers who have been and are still "relighting" Taos at the time of this entry.

Our gas was restored Monday afternoon by a worker from Colorado. Five-and-one-half days without heat in sub-zero temperatures was a challege for us, but all in all, we consider ourselves extremely lucky.

My modem was fried by one of the earliest electrical outages and my DSL line has been damaged. I didn't have internet access until late Monday, when I got a dialup connection from Kit Carson. My dogs were clearly sad by the loss of our heating: they missed their warm spots by the gas heater and the lack of sun for at least two days left them without sunny napping spots on the floor. Somehow we all managed to stay "reasonably" warm.

We hope and pray that our fellow Taos residents and those throughout New Mexico affected by this state of emergency will come through it as well as we have.

Our best to all.
~Jean