12-27-2013, 04:54 AM
I heard you had bad weather. I am glad it is not too bad. None of us is ready for the weather we have had. My senior wasn't hurt, but she was stressed and that is not good either.
We do get ice storms, but not usually this bad. The storm was on Sunday and it is Thursday and tens of thousands are still without power. The power people have done exceptional work restoring power, but the numbers that lost power were extreme(350,000).
It is not just branches down, some trees are split right to the ground. They will never recover. I have minor damage, but my trees are young and smaller and I keep them trimmed. My butterfly bushes are damaged, but they will come back after I clear out the broken branches. I am relieved that I did not lose power. It is so hard to protect my animals from cold in a winter power failure.
It is cold, some people have been bringing BBQ's inside and the carbon monoxide has made them sick. The city has set up warming shelters, but people want to be at home. Who wants to spend Christmas in a shelter.
I have stayed close to home in case the power goes out. Trees are still coming down because the ice is still thick and the wind stresses the branches and they break. We need a few warm days to melt this ice.
We do get ice storms, but not usually this bad. The storm was on Sunday and it is Thursday and tens of thousands are still without power. The power people have done exceptional work restoring power, but the numbers that lost power were extreme(350,000).
It is not just branches down, some trees are split right to the ground. They will never recover. I have minor damage, but my trees are young and smaller and I keep them trimmed. My butterfly bushes are damaged, but they will come back after I clear out the broken branches. I am relieved that I did not lose power. It is so hard to protect my animals from cold in a winter power failure.
It is cold, some people have been bringing BBQ's inside and the carbon monoxide has made them sick. The city has set up warming shelters, but people want to be at home. Who wants to spend Christmas in a shelter.
I have stayed close to home in case the power goes out. Trees are still coming down because the ice is still thick and the wind stresses the branches and they break. We need a few warm days to melt this ice.
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Catherine
