As promised here are some pictures from our storm. Thursday night we had crazy wind reported up to 80 mph. The house was shaking and the windows rattling, is not a fun environment to be in. People had actually taken their families to their basements to take cover. There were several trees that fell on homes, vehicles, telephone poles, streets etc. It was reported that more than 300,000 were out of power. We were out of power for 6 LONG days. We had a tree fall down in the back yard barely missing our 2 lawn mowers, the shed, and our snowmobile. We had a tree at the top of the driveway that fell down across the driveway and brought down cables and electricity. Rich was able to cut a way for us to get out, with his chainsaw. My brothers and I cleared the trees that he cut up. The driveway was a little busted up from the tree falling. A branch landed on my windshield during the storm, cracking it. We feel so blessed we were kept safe and the only thing ruined or hurt was my windshield. We have so many trees on our property that could have fallen on our house.
The power went out about 10:30pm Thursday night, so the house was pretty warm when it went out and made it easy to sleep. Friday night was a little different since the house hadn't been heated for 24 hrs. I piled blankets on Cameron, Aidan slept with me since Rich was called in for work for clean up and snow removal. (yes because it snowed on top of all this mess)I was excited that the kids stayed warm and were able to sleep through the night. When we woke up it was 50 degrees. We made a fire in the fireplace to get the chill off the house, and since we have a gas stove we were able to light it for warmth and cooking as well. (we know it isn't the safest to heat with that, but we were careful and desperate.) Aidan and Cameron didn't seem bothered by the cold to much. In fact they were excited that we always had a fire going. Cameron felt the need to be reminded everyone that it was hot. He would say it while sticking his hand out as if to say "stop" to someone. So adorable. My dad surprised us with 2 hotel rooms for Saturday night (Thank-you) It was so nice to take a shower and keep warm the whole night. We came home Sunday afternoon to find it was 47 in the house. One of our home teachers called to say he had a generator we could use. With a few tweaks Rich was able to hook it up to our boiler, fridge, and well pump. We were so grateful we were able to keep warm and shower for the remaining power outage. I have now realized, that I can deal without electricity, but I can not deal without heat.
^This is the tree at the top of the Driveway(this part is in the wood laying on all the cables)
^This is the view from the street. As you can see there was no way of getting out. Rich did however manage to cut through the woods with this truck by cutting down a small tree to get to work....but he couldn't get back in.
^This is the tree in the back yard. The lawn mowers are to the left of the tree and as you can see it fell right between them, the shed and the snow mobile.
Here is my awesome husband cutting us through the driveway!
So as you can see we have a ton to clean up. Most likely we are working this Saturday to get rid of a lot of this. If you want to help we would sure appreciate it, just call us so we can give you details.
Just sanding away!
Making grooves in the wood so when we put glue on, it will stick better!
Aidan loved using his toy hammer to make sure everyone was tight!
Daddy telling Aidan what they are going to do next.
He couldn't wait until it was finished drying so he could play with it....just look at all those colors!!!!
^This is the tree at the top of the Driveway(this part is in the wood laying on all the cables)
^This is the view from the street. As you can see there was no way of getting out. Rich did however manage to cut through the woods with this truck by cutting down a small tree to get to work....but he couldn't get back in.
^This is the tree in the back yard. The lawn mowers are to the left of the tree and as you can see it fell right between them, the shed and the snow mobile.
Here is my awesome husband cutting us through the driveway!
