Learn any lessons from the storm?

When your home loses power, it's frustrating, it's somewhat frightening, but most of all it's humbling.

If your family, like mine, spent some of the last few days in the dark and cold, you probably realized just how fragile and vulnerable you are. Suddenly you have to think about how to keep your kids warm and fed without furnaces and stoves, and you shudder at the thought of a fire or medical emergency. The garage door doesn't rise at the push of a button. You're out of the loop on weather and road conditions. You suddenly have to think about frozen pipes and out-of-commission sump pumps.

If you learned a lesson about your fragility or your dependence on technology, please share your thoughts with the editorial board. We'd like to run some readers' views on this topic on our Friday pages. Email me at kramsey@enquirer.com or call me at 768-8527. We'll need your name and neighborhood and a phone number where we can reach you. Thanks -- and stay warm!