Well we are finally back home after a 2 night stay at the local Embassy Suites. (Really made me think twice about vacationing with the kids anytime soon) When we came home to check on things we were pleasantry surprised that power had been restored. We had been warned it could have taken a week. Our neighbors with generators didn't even know the power was back yet. We immediately came in and cranked up the heat. The basement was probably the warmest area of the house. Downstairs was 45 degrees while upstairs was a brisk 41. And that was with the heat on for 3 hours. It took almost 7 hours to feel any heat upstairs, thankfully tonight everything is back to normal. These first 4 pictures were taken the morning after the storm.
We thought that the one branch above the enclosed porch would snap off but it didn't thankfully.
As you can see the trees were just bent over from the weight of the ice. I've never seen anything like it. And from what I could gather from other locals they hadn't seen anything this bad either.
The second batch of pictures were taken the day after "clean-up" basically a snow plow or bulldozer just came through the street and moved all the debris to the side of the road.
I wish I would have taken pictures of what it looked like when we left on Friday. It was amazing we could even get off the street, trees were just strewn all over the place. Two of the neighbor pre-teen boys were out clearing the street for everyone. And they did a great job too because UPS was actually out delivering packages to everyone on Friday.
I wonder what the spring will bring, will we have to plant new trees? I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture or not but we lost two big ones in the front of the house. All I can say is thankfully they didn't land on our house.
We thought that the one branch above the enclosed porch would snap off but it didn't thankfully.
As you can see the trees were just bent over from the weight of the ice. I've never seen anything like it. And from what I could gather from other locals they hadn't seen anything this bad either. 
The second batch of pictures were taken the day after "clean-up" basically a snow plow or bulldozer just came through the street and moved all the debris to the side of the road. 
I wish I would have taken pictures of what it looked like when we left on Friday. It was amazing we could even get off the street, trees were just strewn all over the place. Two of the neighbor pre-teen boys were out clearing the street for everyone. And they did a great job too because UPS was actually out delivering packages to everyone on Friday. 
I wonder what the spring will bring, will we have to plant new trees? I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture or not but we lost two big ones in the front of the house. All I can say is thankfully they didn't land on our house.
2 comments:
ACK!!! Stay warm!!! Seriously, you need to move back here!!!! BIG WARM HUGS!!!
Ugh, girl! I am glad you are back in the house with the heat on! Hang in there and visit us in Cali!
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