[at-l] Fwd: Re: [hikersRus] ice storm

[bushwackerfish@mindspring.com (Bushwacker)]

Here's a few polaroids from my neck of the woods . . . too busy ducking
away from the falling branches to take too many shots.

Bushwacker

>To: hikersRus@yahoogroups.com
>From: Bushwacker <bushwackerfish@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: [hikersRus] ice storm
>
>Here are a few photo's from yesterday of our house and the neighborhood:
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050201.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050202.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050203.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050204.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050205.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050206.jpg
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>http://home.mindspring.com/~bushwackerfish/12050207.jpg
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>Still have two major leaning towers of Pisa over the house - the big red
>oak over the car por which has already dumped five massive limbs - and a
>huge pine limb dangling over our power transformer for the house.
>
>Temps down to 15 tonight so more damage is probable.
>
>We were over in Greensboro today and it seems that that area received more
>snow than ice.  I had to venture up near Danville, VA and likewise it
>seemed like more snow than ice.
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>Bushwacker
>
>At 06:19 PM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>Big problems for us in Chapel Hill.  Several large limbs broke away and
>>struck the roof of our house - one still up there that looks pretty massive.
>>
>>Lost electricity at 2:30 am on Thursday morning.
>>
>>Return of electricity at 4:45 pm Friday.
>>
>>Main problem - loss of electricity meant loss of water pressure from our
>>well pump . . . then to scramble to get five gallon jugs loaded up.
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>>Still having large branches breaking away today - the sun didn't help much
>>in getting rid of the ice.
>>
>>Duke Power reports that 100 percent power restoration for the area not
>>until next Wednesday.
>>
>>We're all ok but staying geared up for the normal follow-on power losses.
>>
>>Pictures to follow later.
>>
>>Bushwacker