This past weekend, September 23-24th, almost 200 students, staff, and faculty were faced with this issue while at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) for the UMACS conference.  The main natural gas pipeline between Benson, MN and Morris, MN (approximately 25 miles) was severed.  Thus, leaving the community without their main source of heating/cooling and cooking needs.

However, except for the lack of hot water in our hotel rooms- the participants of the conference didn