UPDATE 5:22 p.m. Good news. Toad has power, which means Ryan has a room. And I'm told OG&E crews are working along Berry Road right this second, which is also good news. I firmly believe they are racing against the clock to get as many people fixed up before Friday's winter blast.

It underscores my belief that their intentions are solid. Their efforts are to be appreciated; however, we as a community need to have a little talk after this all shakes out.

UPDATE 4:34 p.m. I'm told the entire block across from me has power. This is a good sign, although I should note that a health food store is across the street, which makes sense. Businesses before residents.

OG&E officials said on Thursday that they have restored power to about 50 percent of those without it. Of course, when I look at their System Watch site, I see that both Norman's and N. OKC's outages went up from about noon onward. My hunch is that most of their success was in smaller towns today.

Oklahoma City Mayor Cornett played the role of politician, telling media members that OG&E has done a great job given the circumstances. Actually, I don't disagree. I just think they need to evaluate their circumstances once this bugger is over -- and Cornett essentially said the same thing, noting that officials should review this disaster with "fresh eyes" once everybody was restored.

Unfortunately, the latest weather models indicate that we'll be seeing ice tomorrow instead of snow. This would be an unmitigated disaster, and my gut hunch is that if OG&E doesn't get your power back up today, by sundown, it ain't happening until at least Sunday.

And temps are supposed to get down to the teens this weekend.

I'll add updates here as warranted.

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As we enter Day 5 of the Oklahoma Ice Storm/Power Outage debacle, an interesting tidbit:

Edmond Electric suffered significant power losses due to Sunday's ice storm and was able to get their customers back running in two days. 48 hours. Complete restoration.

To do so, they worked day and night. All night. All crews.

I've said that we should cut OG&E and volunteer crews a break, and I still believe it ... for now. However, they are only working sunrise to sundown. Back in Norman on Wednesday night, I saw AT&T out working. I saw Cox Communications working. Didn't see OG&E anywhere.

What's worse, in the past hour, the number of outages in North Oklahoma City has actually gone up.

Again, patience is still the word of the day. However, OG&E and CEO Peter Delaney will have serious questions to answer once restoration is complete.

And with some snow on the way, don't you think for a second that this isn't going to get worse before it gets better.