RSKY
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We live in Western Kentucky and finally got power on Saturday after twelve days without. Some of my relatives are being told that they will be reconnected, hopefully, in a couple of weeks.
We have made it without too much trouble but this area will take years to recover. All the trees are damaged. ALL THE TREES.
I don't know if anyone else has posted about this ice storm but I am going to try and put pictures up as soon as possible. It has been quite the adventure/ordeal but as usual the sturdy people in this area have pulled thru without much trouble.
I have been out and about thru all the problems and only had minor trouble with people a few times and all were while driving. On the other hand some unspoken rules evolved last week. For example, if you are driving down a road and come upon a power line hanging only three or four feet off the pavement you stop and wait. When the next car comes along from either direction you get out of your vehicle, grab the line and hold it up so they can pass under. Then they stop and hold the line up for you to pass. We have pictures of this. Some of you are going to say that is crazy, never touch a downed power line but when all the poles are down for miles and the transformers are on the ground covered with a couple of inches of ice it is perfectly safe. Though I only did this after finding that the main TVA feeds for the entire Jackson Purchase area were down. Even yesterday a few hours before power was returned to our neighborhood my car antenna would drag across wires a few hundred yards from our house.
I am catching up on some other things and will start posting pictures later today when I am resting from running the chainsaw.
RSKY
We have made it without too much trouble but this area will take years to recover. All the trees are damaged. ALL THE TREES.
I don't know if anyone else has posted about this ice storm but I am going to try and put pictures up as soon as possible. It has been quite the adventure/ordeal but as usual the sturdy people in this area have pulled thru without much trouble.
I have been out and about thru all the problems and only had minor trouble with people a few times and all were while driving. On the other hand some unspoken rules evolved last week. For example, if you are driving down a road and come upon a power line hanging only three or four feet off the pavement you stop and wait. When the next car comes along from either direction you get out of your vehicle, grab the line and hold it up so they can pass under. Then they stop and hold the line up for you to pass. We have pictures of this. Some of you are going to say that is crazy, never touch a downed power line but when all the poles are down for miles and the transformers are on the ground covered with a couple of inches of ice it is perfectly safe. Though I only did this after finding that the main TVA feeds for the entire Jackson Purchase area were down. Even yesterday a few hours before power was returned to our neighborhood my car antenna would drag across wires a few hundred yards from our house.
I am catching up on some other things and will start posting pictures later today when I am resting from running the chainsaw.
RSKY