so we had ice last night. It started icing in the afternoon and I must say, I was very proud of my city FINALLY getting it right.
We all went home and closed down.
I must say, I find a strange beauty in ice. And it was right gorgeous around my house.
At 7:30, we lost power. It was out for 90 minutes. Towards the end of the power outage, we heard a nasty crack and several thuds. The house shook. It was late and we couldn’t see, but it was pretty obvious a big limb fell on the roof.
The power came back on about 10 pm, but I was done. I repowered up my computer battery reset clocks and charged my phone and kindle and went to bed.
During the night, we lost power again – for 5 hours. Thankfully, I had my flannel sheets, my heavy blanket and my big quilt on the bed, along with my flannel jammies and TWO pairs of socks. I didn’t notice.
We lost power again at 8:00 AM – for about a minute. And mom and I went outside to see what had fallen on the roof.
We think the huge branch on the ground and the one in the bushes hit the roof as well, but were knocked off when the 3rd one – which is still on the roof, hit.
All of our trees have sustained damage – mostly the Red Maple and I fear we’ve lost it. My mom has wanted it to come down since we moved here, insisting it was DEAD, despite the fact it blooms every year. She’ll start pressing the landlady to take it down asap, I know my mom.
It was cold today – but warmed up just above freezing, so there was melting.
It’s supposed to get to 40 tomorrow and they say it will be very windy, so it will dry everything out tomorrow in time for Thursday…
when the HIGH will be 30.
I need to put on another pair of socks.
And yes, Dad went to the store and stocked up….
How far are you from Athens?? My mom is in Athens and I still haven’t heard from her. She said she would call when power came back…..12 hours later and counting. Your house reminds me of my parents house, except they have more pine trees.
I’m about 30 minutes from there. I’m midway between Athens and Gainesville. The power problems – downed trees and such – were worse on the West Side of Atlanta – Cobb County, but it always is worse there. Have you tried calling? Our landline service has been wonky, but our cells have been okay. Praying she’s okay.
We used to have a TON of pine trees, but they cleared the land next to us in the fall, in order to build a Bojangles.
Oh yeah, looking forward to THAT in the near future…
Yup, very familiar with the area. My parents have lived down there for over 20 years and I usually visit every summer for several weeks. Hate your summer heat. I am going to try and send her a text message in case she is trying to conserve energy. I always worry about their house during storms because of all the pine trees. My son calls their yard “the jungle”. Lucky you on the Bojangles, NOT!!
I used to live in on the coast and even though the Bojangles and McDonald’s were half a mile away, we would STILL hear their drive through intercom on quiet nights if the wind was blowing the right way. This thing is LITERALLY going to be our neighbor!
I’m originally from Florida – Gulf Coast – and the heat doesn’t bother me. The cold DOES bother me muches!!!
That is so sad they need to build it so close. Where my parents house is located it’s pretty secluded. There is an elementary school close by, just depends on the wind and weather if you hear the kids if they are outside. I think having all the pines around them it offers a sound barrier.
I am originally from the Northeast and then we moved to California over 30 years ago. Being a middle aged woman and being used to all this nice Cali weather, the humidity just zaps me. I would prefer the cold and so miss the snow of my childhood. My son and I were visiting my parents four years ago when you guys got some snow. It was nice for my Cali born son to finally experience a day of snow.
uff sounds really scary, glad you are ok! it looks beautiful but is really dangerous. And all the power cuts.. my first thought was ‘the fridge!’ which is ridiculous as the problem is the heat! hope you have enough layers to keep you warm and that you’ll be safe. Hopefully no more ice storms and such. March can’t come soon enough as far as i’m concerned!