ICE STORM 2009!!!
So, we officially have POWER after 14+ hours without.
We stopped by our house to turn off the water and grab a couple more things (since we had been at my parents) and discovered our power came on about 20-30min prior (based on clocks).
We stopped by our house to turn off the water and grab a couple more things (since we had been at my parents) and discovered our power came on about 20-30min prior (based on clocks).
We have telephone, cable, internet, power, the works! This came as a HUGE
surprise as MOST people will be without power until the weekend or through next
week. What they said will happen is that they are fixing them and then more
limbs are breaking and snapping more lines. So, though we have power RIGHT NOW,
does not mean we'll have it in a few hours, or even minutes. And, then once the
limbs start to melt, the limbs will start to snap back up and hit the lines
again. This will likely continue for a good 7-10 days before we're set. We
don't have a generator, but luckily, since my parents did.
It's been ABSOLUTELY crazy. We lost power around 10-10:30 last night. We
promptly threw 2 days worth of clothes, etc into bags and put them in the car.
We almost didn't make it to my parents as the road was nothing but a sheet of
ice. In fact, at one point, the car slid about 2 feet to the left and Charley
did not move the wheel. The funny part was at that exact moment Addy goes, "Uh
oh!" Daddy then replies, "Yes, Baby, that's an uh oh!" LOL! If ours goes out again, they are
coming to get us again. My poor brother's house is loaded down with 5 kids (6,
4, 3, 2, 8 months) and 10 adults. It's not a huge house, but everyone seems
comfy. They have the heat and the refrigerator, an electric skillet, and the tv
for the kids and then some chargers for phones as MOST of our telephone lines
are out now too. Again, we are VERY lucky ours was restored. VERY.
Addy was scared when it all happened. I luckily had my computer on so when
it went out, we used the glow from the computer to find flashlights and
candles. When we got to my parents around 11:15-ish, we did nothing but hear
transformers blow and trees snapping. My parents house is surrounded by big
trees, but they have a styrofoam block home with heavy duty trusses, so we were
safe there. But, my mom and I slept on the outsides of the king mattress in
their room with the 3 kids (my nephews came over because my brother and SIL had
to run to get her grandparents because a sheet of ice slid off
their roof and SEPARATED their electrical box from their house, literally).
Talk about no sleep. But, we were warm. My poor parents are so tired and just
went home to get a nap because once this all freezes at 10 degrees tonight (was
14), it's going to be a mess again.
They put us under a state of emergency. Luckily, our main grocery had power
as well as our main gas station. Everyone is just pulling together really well
like we did when the tornado swept through our town and destroyed over 500 homes
a few years back. I'm only worried about running out of food for Addy and pain
pills for me. Otherwise, we are fine.
They called in the National Guard and put 150-200 local people to work on power and another 150 were pulled in from other states and they may get more. My husband's family lives about 45 south and the city has been 100% without power since early evening yesterday and a local town next to ours is also 100% without power. We had around 2-4 inches of snow, rain, and sleet all day Tuesday and then got a TON of rain last night and another 6 inches of snow. They said had it all been snow it would of been around 20 or so inches. Last time we got that much snow, it shut the city down too, but at least we all had power!
They called in the National Guard and put 150-200 local people to work on power and another 150 were pulled in from other states and they may get more. My husband's family lives about 45 south and the city has been 100% without power since early evening yesterday and a local town next to ours is also 100% without power. We had around 2-4 inches of snow, rain, and sleet all day Tuesday and then got a TON of rain last night and another 6 inches of snow. They said had it all been snow it would of been around 20 or so inches. Last time we got that much snow, it shut the city down too, but at least we all had power!
Addy & I just got showers in case we lose electricity again. Oh, and
as you can sorta see in the photos, a LOT Of the power lines are so low that you can
literally stand there and touch them. Very scary.
Just for proof, here's some photos...
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