Gotta love a good ice storm

Lots of ice on the trees last night, worst ice storm we've had since we moved to this house almost 10 years ago.  Neighbors have stories of being w/o power for 2 weeks after ice storms - we lost it at 2:21 am and I'd bet it will be a day or two before we get it back.  My wife and I were up at 5:15 to check on school & work status so I opened my bathroom window for a few minutes - the sky was lit up with flashes from wires going down and the woods were filled with the sounds of shotgun blasts as the limbs came down.

Several large tree tops came down close to the house but no damage.  One large limb shook the house when it fell on the roof (I never went back to bed but that got everyone else up in a hurry!) but no puncture through the sheathing that I can see from the attic.  I'll have to call my roofer to come out for an inspection.  Figures we just had the roof replaced this past spring.  Then mid-day a large tree fell across our driveway so I spent 5 hours cutting most of it up so we can get out tomorrow.

My Prius-as-generator system has been working well, as well as our big Generac, so we've had all the usual comforts of home.  Nothing is as sweet as a hot shower when the power is out after a long day driving a chainsaw!  Most neighbors won't get one tonight since we all have wells.

Hope everyone else is safe and warm!

Doug, we got it good here in southern Indiana also. had 5 inches of snow on the ground and then got about 2 inches of ice on top of that. Hi temps in the low 20's for the next week or so. We have been lucky so far and have not lost the power. We live in a wooded area on a dead end road and I cant believe that the 60 and 70 foot hardwoods have not fallen across the road. My 5500 watt Generac is ready to go on line if needed. the poor Pod is a covered up white blob. I am starting to wonder if it will ever get warm enough to use it.

Ouch! Stay safe and warm!

It was funny how many gensets appeared in our neighborhood a fews months past Sandy. Two weeks without power can be pretty convincing. Fortunately our Generac worked flawlessly throughout the event.

Very true, we bought our Generac after numerous outages, including during an open house we held to meet all the neighbors.  Installed the genset and then we didn't have a single problem for over a year.