We got power!!! I scurried to get gas, cash, food, etc. ahead of the back to back storms expected & Hubby was on his way home early as the snow was getting heavy- to pick up a loaner generator from a friend -- when our power finally (Day 8!) came on. God is good & His timing is amazing. So thankful!
Only God could cause?/allow? such quiet (snap, crackle, pops in the night - but NO idea what we'd wake up to!) beautiful (an ice storm is a truly a sight to behold ... esp when the sun comes out & the outdoors glistens like diamonds!) destruction - while preserving sooo much life! To my knowledge no lives were lost in this storm ... altho' I gather a few perished in the aftermath from carbon monoxide poisoning.
People who've lived here 60 - 80 yrs never remember anything like this incredible storm. There was a terrible flood years ago & the blizzard of '78 - but this was different. Trees all over the region broke like matchsticks! Saving newspapers for our kids. Still many w/o power! Keep praying!
A few words stuck to memories: cold - dark - ice - shelter (the school at the end of our street) - CRUSHED (Newspaper headline the day after) - State of Emergency - National Guard - board games - books - perked coffee - hotdogs & hobo peach pie cooked over fire - kind neighbors & friends - candles ... candlelight showers - candlelight conversation w/ friends after enjoying a hot meal together.
I learned some things ... I really like perked coffee! - How to use the car as a generator to run a house fan as a heat blower ... Times like these seem to bring out the best in most people - & - I take sooo/tooo much for granted.
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I had no idea. I haven't been watching the weather lately. The pictures are amazing! We are having 80 degree weather around here. My kids are going swimming next week.
We have power outages when we have hurricanes. We haven't had one hit for a few years, but my kids love it when the power goes out.
Glad you guys are safe!
Other words I could add to your list based on our own experience: sacrife, helping others, running water, costly!, the hum of a generator, melting, appreciation...
It's all relative. What is bad to one would be glorious to another. Funny how that works.
Hope to get back on sometime......winding down from ice, power outage, snowstorms, Christmas and the ensuing mess that seems to have followed the above. Will have to share some of our storm pics with you!
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