Altus , Oklahoma Ice Storm

Altus

Altus, Oklamoma was hit hard.

Terry Woodring

Here is Terry and some pretty cold customers, looking for heat.

The Oklahoma Ice Storm is pretty well over, (sales wise) more & more generators are flowing in. The trick is being there first. When you are the only game in town it is an easy sell. We were there on the first night of the storm in Chickasha. It is strange to pull into a town that is all dark. Peolpe out driving all over trying to find fuel or anything that can keep the warm. Anyone that was selling batteries, gas cans, blankets, portable propane heaters were sold out. On the 2nd day a few other peddlers selling out of pickups pull into town selling Generators we sell for $299.00 were being sold at $650.00, that is price gouging. Generators we sell for $999.00 were being sold for $1700.00. We sold our products for the same price that we sell for everyday.

There are no Motels, No Post Office, No Stores, No Gas, if a business is lucky to get a big generator they can just get buy and then they are swamped.

There are a lot of customers that think they can just buy a generator and they will be back to normal. We started in Oklahoma City then Chickasha, Lawton, Duncan and then Altus who had been without power for 6 days. I talked to the Altus City Clerk who was hoping the Hospital and Rest Homes would get power on the 7th day after the storm.

I don't think I could make it for 7 days without Heat, TV, Internet, Fast Food Joints and Walmart. I had one young lady who had a wood stove to keep warm and that was it, said she had just looked at her husband long enough, she wanted just enough power to get her computer on to play games, so she didn't have just look at him any longer.