Fail-Safe Operation

I stayed in Joplin last night and the notable event of the day was that a man walked into a church and killed three people in nearby Neosho. Earlier yesterday, while driving in a spaghetti bowl of highway ramps near the arch in St. Louis, my car momentarily lost power. It felt like it went into "park" for a second or two. I was jerked aginst the seat belt. By the time I worked my way to an exit on the southside of town I had power back. It was 103 degrees outside. I went to a bunch of parts stores and a Jiffy Lube and the consensus was this: the fluid level got too low in the radiator, so the sensor in the coolant tank tripped the car into "fail-safe operation" mode to protect the engine from overheating and blowing the head gasket. I had the radiator serviced and was back on the road. Cutting out power to the engine without warning seems like a drastic measure. But I guess they have a reason for it. It was 104 today as I crossed the entire state of Oklahoma. I'm not a big fan of the Oklahoma turnpike. Their toll and ticketing system is inane. The best dinner I could find tonight in Amarillo was Sonic Drive-In (salad). The hotel doesn't have the Animal Planet channel so I don't get to watch Meerkat Manor on my last night with TV for a long time. I'm ready to go home now.