The last few days have been pretty interesting around here. We have had a huge snow storm dumping around 8-10 inches of snow, immediately followed by an ice storm that encased our entire world in three inches of ice that gradually turned back into another inch of snow on top of that.
Yesterday morning was the ice storm stage. We already had the first snow storm and woke up to everything encased in ice. Though extremely dangerous for all of our trees because they just can't take the weight, it is very beautiful.
If you look at this next picture you can see just how thick the ice is on top of all the snow, which has been compacted from the weight of the ice: our 8 inches of snow was reduced down to about 4 inches.
At around 8:00 a.m. we lost power. Most people around here have been powerless due to trees falling on the power lines. We were out of power for almost the entire day. I kept a fire roaring all day long, so Jeff and I stayed toasty warm, as long as we stayed in the living room.... it's amazing how much wood you go through when keeping a hot fire burning constantly: but fortunately we have lots!
We got a lot of reading done yesterday. It's amazing how much our lives have adapted to having electricity! There are so many thing you can't do without it any more. At least we are both into great books right now - Aaron went into work for just a few hours to get a couple of things done.
When Aaron got home we all sat down to play a game around the fire. Just as we were contemplating heading out to get a hot meal the power came on! And the Lord said "let there be light!", and it was beautiful!!
As I sit here, today, it sounds like world war three outside. The trees cannot take the weight of the ice and wet snow and are breaking off left and right. As the temperatures are finally starting to warm up all of that heavy snow is literally crashing to the ground. Between tree branches and falling snow I think you would need a hard hat on just to go for a walk in the outdoors or you take your life into your own hands.
Our neighbor lost their tree in their front yard. The poor thing has been getting closer and closer to the ground with every passing hour and it finally gave up and fell into the street.
Aaron just got to work and said it is REALLY bad out there. Not so much road conditions, but trees down everywhere and no one around us has power. It really is like a war zone out there. We almost lost power again a few minutes ago. It went off just long enough for my computer to shut off and me to get a choice word out, an it came back on.
If I feel brave, I think I'm gonna go out with the camera and record some of the damage. If I do, I will return and report ;o)
Our neighbor lost their tree in their front yard. The poor thing has been getting closer and closer to the ground with every passing hour and it finally gave up and fell into the street.
Aaron just got to work and said it is REALLY bad out there. Not so much road conditions, but trees down everywhere and no one around us has power. It really is like a war zone out there. We almost lost power again a few minutes ago. It went off just long enough for my computer to shut off and me to get a choice word out, an it came back on.
If I feel brave, I think I'm gonna go out with the camera and record some of the damage. If I do, I will return and report ;o)
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