rabbit
01-10-05, 09:14 PM
Well, after 70 hours without electricity, I am back in the land of the non-Amish.
We got nailed with nearly two inches of ice Wednesday night, toppling trees and power lines and leaving 80 percent of Lima and more than half of the county without electricity. At one point nearly 90,000 just in Allen County were affected. There were so many power lines down that the city was put into lockdown mode with only emergency personnel allowed to be out on the roads for nearly two days.
When I was finally able to get out and about, I couldn't believe it. The place looked like a tornado had gone through. In fact, the AEP line guys said this was as bad as any tornado they had seen. Wires were tangled like a bowl of spagetti. Then, on top of that, we got five inches of snow Friday night, knocking down even more trees. I still haven't been to Ada, where I go to school. We haven't had class in nearly a week. The city was impassable and the university's gym was turned into a shelter.
Fortunately, I have a wood fireplace and had just picked up a truckload of wood before Christmas. So I had some heat. The only thing we really lacked was hot water for showers. It was kind of nice to spend some quiet time with the family, playing board games and coming up with creative ideas to break the boredom. But I'm glad to see things start to get back to normal.
We got nailed with nearly two inches of ice Wednesday night, toppling trees and power lines and leaving 80 percent of Lima and more than half of the county without electricity. At one point nearly 90,000 just in Allen County were affected. There were so many power lines down that the city was put into lockdown mode with only emergency personnel allowed to be out on the roads for nearly two days.
When I was finally able to get out and about, I couldn't believe it. The place looked like a tornado had gone through. In fact, the AEP line guys said this was as bad as any tornado they had seen. Wires were tangled like a bowl of spagetti. Then, on top of that, we got five inches of snow Friday night, knocking down even more trees. I still haven't been to Ada, where I go to school. We haven't had class in nearly a week. The city was impassable and the university's gym was turned into a shelter.
Fortunately, I have a wood fireplace and had just picked up a truckload of wood before Christmas. So I had some heat. The only thing we really lacked was hot water for showers. It was kind of nice to spend some quiet time with the family, playing board games and coming up with creative ideas to break the boredom. But I'm glad to see things start to get back to normal.