Originally posted by texasmom
Glad to see you're doing okay Mac. I was wonderin if that Okie storm blew ya over.
TexasMom...
Dear I'm glad you asked. My nieghbourhood resembles a Warzone. We lost any signs of electricity Sunday around 1:30 pm. The ice hit hard and power was out. Trees all around here are nothing but stumps. The ice, rain and wind did not stop. We had folks trapped in houses who's trees blocked all doors and windows. It's time like this that those who live next to you matter if you live or die. Late at night there were chainsaws going, trees exploding from the cold or just falling from the ice. Sunday we had Thunder and Lightning in the ice storm... It was awesome but I'd rather deal with a tornado.
Cell phone service was out. Phones out last 3 days. It just got colder and colder...doors froze shut.
I have a fireplace in my house. the first day, Sunday we tore up a SWB phone book to get heat and to cook. We lived on what we had in the pantry and in the fridge. A few candles and a watermelon load of blankets.. We camped out infront of the fireplace. I stayed on fireguard all night and after cooking breakfast my wifey took over to let me sleep. Monday and Tuesday got really depressing... yet we managed.
The stores here are out of everything imaginable.. no candles, firewood, batteries, generators. Gas stations are few and far to come by... we found one yesterday. 1 1/2 hours in a line, pay in advance check or cash only.. Police there ensure everyone was being kewl.
They said we were to be without power until the 18th....we just got power back 3 hours ago and thats not to reliable right now. Snow is on the way, temps dropping to lows tonight. Found my chainsaw and 3 hours worth of daylight to cut away the fallen trees infront of the house to clear a path and provide firewood for the days to come.
We survived the first few days... and we'll make it the rest. Just gotta take care of the Neighbors around us.
Mac
