Yesterdays state of emergency

[COUNTRY GIRL]

The Governor declared a state wide state of emergency for Mass. yesterday. Us in the valley stayed just warm enough to avoid the disaster. 350,000 people without electricity yesterday, most are still out today and the temps dropped into the teens last night. Some towns in the hills you couldn't get in or out because of fallen trees blocking the roads.

I never thought I would get pictures like this from way down here, the first picture is for reference, the rest are at full zoom and you can see why things were such a mess.

 

[stoney56]

Oh man! Great pics Kim! I can only imagine an ice storm of that magnitude. Glad you missed it. All we can do is pray that it doesn't cause any deaths or injuries.

 

[Cynangyl]

brrrrrr!! pretty pics you got sis but it makes me shiver just looking at them!

 

[fossis]

What a storm, glad you missed the worst.
I worked for a year cleaning bent & broken timber off my boss's place a few years ago, but i got paid, plus $300.00
in free firewood.

Fossis...................

 

[Don in SJ]

Kim, glad it stayed a tad better in the valley, also glad you showed the first photo without zoom, no doubt that camera is good on taking zoomed in photos. That ice is beautiful but oh so destructive. Great shots.

I remember back in 1998, there was an horrendous one in NY state near Lake Champlain, that then got even worst towards Mt Washington area in NH. We went up for a visit in early June and was amazed that some of the back roads were still paritally blocked, and that a lot of the summer home properties were not cleared of the down trees at all, and it looked like a war zone. That storm was funky, it was one of those where if you were higher in elevation, it was mostly snow, if you were lower it was rain, and of course those in that middle zone got slammed.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wice98.htm

Don

 

[GL]

I thought it always looked like that above the Mason Dixon line!

Good luck to you and I hope you fare well through this. Here's a hot cup of joe for you

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

The clean up will take quite a while, New salem is shut down completely, Ashfield is working hard and has a road or two opened up.

Don, I was even amazed at how close I got. I remember that storm. We were fortunate enough (again) to be tied into the traffic lights and only lost power for 6 hours, when the fols a 1/4 of a mile away were without for 6 days. Thanks for the link I saved it.

Thanks for the coffee!

 

[bradgny]

My sons collage was evacuated because of the storm .He goes to becker in that area.He sent me some pics so ill post them .They are still not letting him back .hopefully they will get it all cleaned soon .

 

[Cynangyl]

yuck!! I am feeling LOTS better about the light dusting of snow we have here! You guys take good care of yourselves out there!!

 

[mojjax]

We got hit pretty hard here in Maine . We've been on generator power the past 2 days .

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Bradgny, is your son staying in one of the shelters? I hope they let him home soon! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Mojja, I hope you get power back soon! I heard the was only one fatality from this and it was asphiciation (even spell check can't spell that one )from a generator. Please be careful!

 

[Nana40]

BRRR! Ya'll stay warm. I remember having a few ice storms over the years here in Bama. Haven't had to deal with it in quite a while though. Very pretty for the first day (provided you didn't lose power) but ready for it to go soon there after. :P

Take care! Nana

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

I hope you all have power soon. I hear still many without? Stay warm!

Nana, It sure is pretty, for a minute or two?

 

[savant365]

We had a pretty bad ice storm here 1 year ago this week...it caused a lot of trouble here too. I have an emergency stock now. Here are some pics of ours last year. Stay safe, Charlie

 

[Monty]

My front yard about the same time last year , near Tulsa, Ok. Monty

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Wow! How long were you folks with out power? We still have tons of people with out power. Unfortunatley we lost one of the workers trying to clean up the mess over the weekend.

 

[mojjax]

Wow! How long were you folks with out power? We still have tons of people with out power. Unfortunatley we lost one of the workers trying to clean up the mess over the weekend.

We got our power back yesterday . Sorry to hear about the worker .

 

[EL Pirata Loco]

Wow, looks nice, but the ice is very dangerous. Be safe out there. I used to live in NJ and i drove trucks accross i80 for years, so i have seen my share.

 

[Monty]

We went 5 days with no phone and 8 days before power came back on. We huddled around the fireplace and even cooked soup over the fire. We still had natural gas so we had hot water, but our gas range wouldn't work because it locks everything up when the electricity goes off! Monty

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Mojax, Glad you got your power back!

Monty 8 days? That's quite the long time without electricity. Must have lost a freezer full of food.