Blog: Blackout Brings a Heat Wave of Free, Friendly Press

A few weeks ago, following a night of incredibly heavy thunderstorms that left a good portion of our area without power, our local swimming pools experienced a temporary population spike. At least in part, this was because the locker rooms were being overrun by people grateful to take advantage of a hot shower.

The other reason, though, was the result of a really nice gesture on the part of our community association: The power outages coincided with a string of 100-plus-degree days, so association officials opened all 23 of the neighborhood pools to any county residents who didn't have power, regardless of whether they were members of the Columbia Association.

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