Ice

We woke up yesterday to find everything coated in ice  and the power out -  one more time that we were thankful for our Generac automatic generator.

Throughout the day we heard the crack and crash of overloaded limbs breaking and falling.  The only one that did any damage was a large pine limb that fell 50 feet or so and crashed into the top of the barn.  It left a hole in the roof and several sheets of corrugated sheet metal will have to be replaced.

The light company had power restored by about 11:30, and about a half hour later we received a computer-generated phone call that said “Increasing outages in your area have caused us to revise our estimate for when you power can be restored.  We can no longer guarantee restoration by 5 p.m. but will call back with a new estimated time as soon as possible.”

They did call back in a few minutes with a message that they showed our power to be back on, and to call back if that was not the case.

We have multiple downed limbs scattered around the yard, but the ground is too wet to collect them today.  I guess that gives me something to look forward to.