Up to this week, this area has been spared all of 'Ole Man Winter's' fury. You have seen the videos on T.V. showing the destruction of the trees and that is what we got here....but not as bad as the more northerly and westerly counties. Power went out Monday nite, came back on briefly Tue. evening, and off until last nite around 6 p.m. Only about 3 days, but it felt like a lot longer!! I have gas heat and gas cooking so we could stay warm and have a hot meal. But for those folks that have all electric homes are/were really hurting.
I consider us in this area so very fortunate that our power is already back on. So many people will be without power for weeks.
I have been saying for years that I need to get a good generator...and never got around to getting one...but my Grandaughter living here makes it a whole new game. I WILL be geting a generator very soon!!
Tuesday nite was incredible. Big limbs of 6" diameter and even much bigger, making a very loud and un-nerving cracking sound...and then the thunderous crashing to the ground, so much so that I could feel it thru the floor. Every crack and crashing to the ground made me jump.Those big limbs missed my roof by only a foot or two, with the tops of those limbs brushing the roof as they went down..and being covered with 3/4" of ice, they made a bone chilling sound.
All in all...I'm thankful that I didn't get any roof damage...I didn't lose any of my nice oak trees...and power was only out for about 3 days.
How about ya'll...?

