I'm with you sherri I would much rather have the snow than the ice. I don't open the door when there is ice outside. LOL Too afraid of falling. Our electric has gone out twice today just off and right back on. but it makes you wonder what might happen. Hope you get thawed soon. Dot Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherri" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Fw: Snow Sleet and icy roads >I don't know how many we lost, Dot Jo - we've not made it around the farm > yet. In the yard alone, we've lost 2 peach trees, 2 apple trees, a willow > tree, and the tops cherry trees and more apple trees, countless maples, > pecans, hickory nut, walnut and locust trees. Up and down the lane, I > wouldn't even make a guess (it's lined on both sides the entire way). > > One good thing is that we do have backup heat - although without power, we > have no water (we get ours from a spring on the farm, county water's not > available back here). There are still hundreds that are without power > and/or water -or both. A hot shower was on the top of the priority list > for > both EJ and I. <g> > > And no, nothing outside is thawing yet. They're predicting more snow > Monday > night - some say 1-3 inches, others say 3-5 inches, although hopefully it > will ALL be snow. I'd rather have had a 4 foot snow than the 2 inches of > ice we got. LOL > > Sherri > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Bowles" <dotjo1@suddenlink.net> > To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:27 PM > Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Fw: Snow Sleet and icy roads > > >> Sherri, enjoyed the pictures. Looks like a good one!!!! How many trees >> did >> you lose. I saw one down and several broken limbs. Do you live in where >> near Cumberland Lake? I have a nephew that lives near the lake area? >> Hadn't given him a thought. Better e-mail them. they are city people and >> have already been through a small hurricane, had a snake try to enter the >> house and now a ice storm. They just purchased a new home, bet they >> don't >> have any kind of back up heat. Are you thawing out yet?? Dot Jo >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sherri" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> >> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:02 PM >> Subject: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Fw: Snow Sleet and icy roads >> >> >>> Sent this earlier, it didn't go through, so trying again. >>> >>> Sherri >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Sherri" <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> >>> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:13 PM >>> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Snow Sleet and icy roads >>> >>> >>>> Dot Jo, hope it did miss you. It got us worse after I wrote this - we >>>> lost power about 5 pm on Tuesday night. Pictures at >>>> http://kykinfolk.com/misc/ice_storm/ - it's been wild. >>>> >>>> I'd never make it as an eskimo or as an Amish - I like my creature >>>> comforts of water and electricity too well! (We have a wood stove so >>>> stayed "toasty" warm with no problem and could warm up the big pot of >>>> vegetable soup I'd made Tuesday morning.) >>>> >>>> We've got power back for now - don't know how long it will last as it's >>>> come on and gone back off all over the area already. >>>> >>>> Hope everyone's staying safe and warm. >>>> >>>> Sherri >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Dorothy Bowles" <dotjo1@suddenlink.net> >>>> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:00 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Snow Sleet and icy roads >>>> >>>> >>>>> Sherri, The snow ice and sleet we were suposed to get by passed us. >>>>> We >>>>> have rain temp in the 40's. Unless the temps dropped tonight we are >>>>> in >>>>> good >>>>> shape. 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