The Iceman Cometh

We had thunder, lightning, and freezing rain most of the night Saturday, so awoke to a mess on Sunday. No church services because there was no power there. My mom called a little before 8:00 to tell us she had no power but planned to wait it out to see if it came back. We were enjoying our hot coffee/tea, hot oat bran, and the Sunday paper. But before we finished, our electricity went out, too. We toughed it out most of the day. Stayed warm by doing chores around the house. As it began to get dark (and colder), Dale dropped me off at the Post Library and went to get Mama. She was needing electricity to use her nebulizer. We hung out in the Post Library for a few hours-- cooked supper, watched t.v. She wanted to go back home to spend the night, so Dale took her there. He went to Walmart to buy an air mattress (we discovered the one we brought didn't hold air), so we slept here at the Post Library over night.



This morning we were going to go shower at the Y, but didn't wake up until 8, so there wasn't enough time. I'm looking and feeling pretty skanky without my shower. Meanwhile, Dale had an emergency to attend to at Mama's house. Yesterday she had lots of big limbs down. One tore the power lines from her house, so they're lying in the yard. Another took down her phone line. But the most urgent situation was caused by a limb that came down on the roof, tore off the turbine vent, and left a gaping hole. Dale went off to get someone to secure the roof (actually, some of the workers from the job site at our house, so that worked out well). He also took some photos since we'll have to file with the insurance co. Looks like she won't have power there for some time. I guess we'll probably be camping out all week at Post. With another 24 hours or so of freezing rain, the prognosis looks pretty grim.

Dale just reported that the guys covered over the roof hole with roofing and boards, so at least it's keeping rain out. They also cut some of the limbs that were hanging low over the house.



Here's some photos. The really nasty-looking one of the trunk split into 3 sections is actually in her neighbor's yard (to the east). A good portion of the tree is now lying in her yard.