Finally I am back on the net! My ISP has been down. I am in one of the areas, KY, that was hit by the ice storm. Many are without power and, for some, it will be another 21 days until they can have power again. There is no running water for those counties that are without power due to the pumps working from electricity. Even though my yard is a disaster area, I am glad my power was only off for short periods of time, and shaky at that. There are those in my neighborhood that are still without power. I have almost 30 trees in my big yard. I have one tree down, and tons of large limbs everywhere. We are talking lumberjack, with a chainsaw, heaven here.
Many are staying in local hotels and people are flocking here from hard hit areas to buy gasoline. Our city presently has no gasoline, kerosene, or hotel rooms. Yesterday the local Walmart Super Center was out of bath tissue. NO Toilet Paper!!? Now that, to me, is a crisis!
The worse night was Tuesday. All night there was what sounded like gunshots and chandeliers crashing , it was only the sound of braking limbs under the weight of ice and then hitting the ground. I would jump awake with every sound.
edit: love Calvin and Hobbs.