csutherland
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We've been pretty isolated for 2 weeks and I've just now looked at the new posts. Has the ice storm in Mo & Ok been discussed? We got heavy rain on Fri, the 12th. The temp dropped that evening with ice up to 2" forming on everything. Our power went off at 9:52 PM the 12th and came back on around 8:00 the 24th! We live in the country so that meant no well water either. We had what I thought was the ice storm of a lifetime in 1987 where the power was off for 70 hrs so I've always dreaded another. I prepared by filling our huge whirlpool tub about 1/3 with water (for flushing). I had every large pot & pitcher in my kitchen filled and Jerry filled some large tubs in his shop. All cold water of course! We have a gas range and heater in his shop so we trudged across the treacherous ice to cook, carrying the food, pans, spoons, etc. We ate well, but simply. Then there was the issue of water for our 2 cows & their calves. He found several large covered barrels and drove into Spgfd to one of our daughters to fill them. He then just backed up to the tank and tipped them over the edge of the pickup bed. He had to do that twice in the 12 days. Apparently he's still pretty healthy at almost 70 with the heart issues he's had.
For the first week we kept thinking it would come back on anytime. We only had a gas log fireplace that sometimes brought the temp up to 60 right beside it. Temps got down to 4 outside on 2 nights. All 3 of our daughters were also out of power, along with tens of thousands in the area. That's households, not individuals. Anyway after a full week, a friend bought a new generator and his power came back on 10 min after he started the generator. He offered it to us to use and life got better. Then Jerry spent most of his time refueling and messing with that! We had to alternate between being warm and having running water, but hey, it was great!
Many have suffered much more. Several thousand in the area are still without. There is virtually no tree untouched, many are uprooted or split in 3-4 pieces, wires dangling everywhere, power poles down. It really looks like a war zone; indeed, we have the Nat'l Guard here.
Since we had no TV I'm wondering if much was said about this on nat'l news? I looked at the internet at work the 1 day I worked last week and it only spoke of Oklahoma & Texas.
I assume photos are still on KY3.com if anyone's interested.
For the first week we kept thinking it would come back on anytime. We only had a gas log fireplace that sometimes brought the temp up to 60 right beside it. Temps got down to 4 outside on 2 nights. All 3 of our daughters were also out of power, along with tens of thousands in the area. That's households, not individuals. Anyway after a full week, a friend bought a new generator and his power came back on 10 min after he started the generator. He offered it to us to use and life got better. Then Jerry spent most of his time refueling and messing with that! We had to alternate between being warm and having running water, but hey, it was great!
Many have suffered much more. Several thousand in the area are still without. There is virtually no tree untouched, many are uprooted or split in 3-4 pieces, wires dangling everywhere, power poles down. It really looks like a war zone; indeed, we have the Nat'l Guard here.
Since we had no TV I'm wondering if much was said about this on nat'l news? I looked at the internet at work the 1 day I worked last week and it only spoke of Oklahoma & Texas.
I assume photos are still on KY3.com if anyone's interested.
