Posted by
Peppermint2 on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:23:43 AM
I just know that you are all dying to see these pictures of the ice storm we had here. We were without power for 3 days. We were lucky as some people are still without power. It gets mighty cold real quick with no heat. But Ron was able to cook us some soup and heat some water for coffee on a make shift camp fire he built outside. We had every quilt and blanket we owned piled on top of the bed where we mostly stayed to keep warm. We even had to cover our heads at night due to the cold in the house. By the 3rd day it was about 42 degrees in the house. Ron said I was a trooper to put up with this. But where would we go with 2 dogs and a cat? Besides that once under those piles of blankets and quilts you could not move. I was trapped under the weight of it. The old trooper could not move.
Here is the rustic old farmstead in the middle of iced trees and branches falling.
I did not know tress could dip down this far. This tree is now recovered but a broken branch hangs in it.
We figure by spring and the next tornado comes through that branch will be blown out. No need to do any
thing ourselves about it.
We definitely have a mystery here where there is a set of footprints going one way and not back. We still
don't know who or what that was.
On the 2nd day Ron ventured out with the jeep because we had no dog food or cat food. We were feeding
them stale doritos and stale cereal. We were getting nasty looks. So Ron took the chance and slid down
our road and over downed branches and tree parts. The animals were very happy to get real food when he
got back. We enjoyed a yummy can of tomato soup and some Dinty More Stew one night. Oh how deluxe.
These two pictures above and below are of the catalpa tree outside out laundry window with the tobacco
barn behind it. You can see in this picture how thick the ice was on the branches.
As you can see in the picture below Shadow and the cat Mystic were keeping warm together. Dakota, my
Corgi was in the middle of the bed with Ron and me and had grabbed several blankets he was buried under.
We manage to stay warm but we could see our breath as we spoke as if we were outside. By the 3rd day,
our noses kind of felt like they would drop off, but we prevailed.
The only source of entertainment we had was an old boom box of mine which I replaced the batteries and
at night while we lay in bed warming up, Ron and I sang oldies but goodies along with the radio.
Hey, folks, you do what you gotta do and we got er done!