time to fire up the generator!
Well this storm that just blew through ended up packing a little more of a wallop than I expected.
Not a lot of snow, but HOLY COW.....when the winds got going yesterday afternoon, it got a little wild around here!
Right before it got dark we lost power.
Larry went down to the road to see what was going on.
This is the view from our driveway looking down our street.
The hill turned into a slushy sheet of ice and the huge pine trees lining the front of the German Club driveway started snapping in half with the 60mph plus winds.
One tree fell right on the power lines coming up the street.
Another tree fell during the night,. (picture from this a.m. in comments)
It had been raining and snowing most of the day, but it didn't start sticking on the ground until around 3 o'clock, and then conditions deteriorated rapidly.
I think it surprised a lot of people. They had dismissed school and people left work early, but many of them got caught in the middle of the worsening storm trying to make their way home. Thankfully, Larry came home early before the worst of it happened and they'd blocked off our road.
I am SO grateful that we bought our generator back when Hurricane Irene blew through. It certainly has come in handy these past couple of years with all these violent storms we've had.
Our region will be cleaning up after this storm for at least the next couple days!
I expect we'll be on the generator for awhile!
time to fire up the generator!
Well this storm that just blew through ended up packing a little more of a wallop than I expected.
Not a lot of snow, but HOLY COW.....when the winds got going yesterday afternoon, it got a little wild around here!
Right before it got dark we lost power.
Larry went down to the road to see what was going on.
This is the view from our driveway looking down our street.
The hill turned into a slushy sheet of ice and the huge pine trees lining the front of the German Club driveway started snapping in half with the 60mph plus winds.
One tree fell right on the power lines coming up the street.
Another tree fell during the night,. (picture from this a.m. in comments)
It had been raining and snowing most of the day, but it didn't start sticking on the ground until around 3 o'clock, and then conditions deteriorated rapidly.
I think it surprised a lot of people. They had dismissed school and people left work early, but many of them got caught in the middle of the worsening storm trying to make their way home. Thankfully, Larry came home early before the worst of it happened and they'd blocked off our road.
I am SO grateful that we bought our generator back when Hurricane Irene blew through. It certainly has come in handy these past couple of years with all these violent storms we've had.
Our region will be cleaning up after this storm for at least the next couple days!
I expect we'll be on the generator for awhile!