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Through the ice-battered windshield, John Welsh could see a faint glow emanating from the only pizza shop open in Mission on Friday night.

All around, the city was dark.

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“Like a scene from the Walking Dead,” he said Saturday, recalling the ice storm that blew through the city. “The stoplights were black — not even flashing. It was eerie.”

After a detour around a fallen tree, Welsh and his cousin pulled up to Mission City Pizza. Inside, warmed by the pizza oven, dozens of customers waited.

Right on time, Welsh’s order came up — three cheese, pineapple, and pepperoni pizzas, piping hot.

Back into the night, over freezing roads, the men drove slowly home with the food. They hooked a DVD player to their small generator and settled in for the night.

Back at Mission City Pizza, the oven continued cranking out pies — providing a hot meal to more than 700 customers — until 10 p.m. when they ran out of food.

“At that point, we’d sold everything,” said owner Jag Gill.