David Allen Norton- Power Outage

http://www.koco.com/news/almost-1000-oge-customers-without-power-in-northwest-oklahoma-city/41739060?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=koconews

Summary: On Monday night, customers of energy group OG&E are without power in Northwest OKLAHOMA City. The cause for the outage is still unknown. 

Synthesis: This reminds me of the issues faced in the early colonies. Often times the settler faced incredibly harsh conditions, such as weather, malnutrition, low resources, and disease. Thankfully, with modern medicine, tech, and agriculture, problems like that are not often faced in the U.S.