Saturday, January 31, 2009

Ice Storm

I have been off line since Tuesday cause of a very, and I mean very, bad ice storm.
When our power went out early Tuesday morning we packed up and headed out. Dad at the time still had power and so did Bev. We spent our first night with dad and Shirley even though their power went out at around 7 PM. At least we had running water and the fireplace so even though it was cold we didn't freeze. The next day we headed over to Bev's cause she still had power. We spent a couple of days with her till coming home yesterday.
We have power at the moment but it is iffy. Yesterday it kept coming and going. I am in a mad dash today to get some laundry done and run the dishwasher in case it goes out again. We are also under a boiled water order till further notice.
Yesterday evening Terry and Sammy came up to stay with us while Gary and Greg traveled over 2 hours to buy a generator and pick up supplies that you can't find around here right now. Even though we were in the candlelight most of the time we had a very good visit and I am sure the boys will remember it for life.

Joey, I will try and get some pictures on here so you can see what is left of our yard.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. Same thing hit here 3 years ago. Thought my back was gonna break from picking up all the branches and limbs, which took forever. What a mess.Never saw a pine tree shaped exactly like the one in the picture! Hope Bre is better. Marcus too.