Welcome to 2005
Mother Nature has stated her claim that 2005 is hers.The ice storm struck with a vengence. We were lucky because the ice never froze in a sheen, but rather stayed rough when it froze so we actually had traction on the roads.
The two Chinese Elm trees in the front yard are toast. It looks like a tornado touched down and tore them all up. The entire front yard was covered in a pile that was 4-5 feet deep of branches. Power is still out in our town of only 4000 in some sections. It was pretty vicious.
I watched the branches come down. I watched the branches destroy the lampost in the front yard. I called the one crashing into the driveway as so it would block the driveway. When the power went out, it was as if there were gunshots being fired all over town, from all the branches cracking. Our power was off from 3:40 until 9:15. We watched a blue-greenish burst of light when we were coming back from Donnyboy's.
However, I am a deprived boy without a chainsaw. Although that's probably a good thing because I nearly lost my leg due to an incident with a chainsaw. I still want one, because I would have put it to some serious use today and in the coming days.
A guy stopped by and asked if he could cut some firewood. Without hesitation, I said "Go for it." So then I went inside, and put on my coveralls, black coat, gloves and hat, so I could head out and help him load it up. We spent most of the morning cutting and loading. Surprisingly, we've made a dent in the damage. Although there's still at least 4 dump truck loads from out in front, it's not that bad.
More work to come in the following days.
posted by Rusty @ 5:06 PM
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