We were without power from late Thursday night until Saturday evening. What a refreshing sight when we came home from the Ward (church) Christmas Party last night and our Christmas lights were on.
The freezing rain caused trees down all over the area leaving tens of thousands without power for more than 24 hours and many still without power. The branches in the picture above fell ON the van and did remarkably little damage. All the schools were closed Friday and the boys had the worst snow day ever because there was no power (no movies, tv, computer, video games, etc.), the house was down to 60 degrees, and we wouldn't let them go outside at all because we didn't want to open and close the doors unnecessarily and lose heat to the house. They occupied themselves most of the day playing Monopoly by candle light and then cleaning the house to soften up the parents so we would take them to a movie. It worked and David took to boys out to a nice warm movie theater and dinner while I want in to be with Walt at the hospital.
Saturday as the temperature reached 50 degrees in the house, we decided we better start trying to put some heat in the house because it could be days before the power was restored. We rigged up our car, which has a spectacular heater, to the house to blow some hot air in. Check it out.
Amazing what a little dryer vent and duct tape can do. We also set up a camp stove on the back porch for cooking and warmed water to put in the house to put more heat in the house (and for hot chocolate).
We got the house up a couple of degrees before leaving for warm showers at the YMCA and the Ward Christmas Party.
Freezing rain storms can be quite beautiful and a menace at the same time.
We were planning to decorate the Christmas tree downstairs by head lamp when he got home from the party, but the power was on. We were all a little disappointed, so we turned off the lights and did it anyway.
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