Snow and Ice

We don't get a lot of snow, most winters will come and go with just a dusting.  So when the weather forecast a major snow event we didn't hold our breath.  Maybe we should have.  When it stopped we had 14 inches and were going no where.  Like I said, we don't get a lot of snow here.  That means our local government doesn't have the equipment needed to plow the streets at a rate faster then the sun will melt it.  Can anyone say Snow Day. The power stayed on and only a few small limbs fell from the trees.  

A few weeks later we had another weather event.  This one freezing rain and sleet.  All night long I listened to the CRACK and then rumble-rumble-boom as limbs and trees came down.  I prayed that our house would not be cut in half.  About 7 AM the power went out.

About 7:30 AM the power came back on for everyone except people like us who would need an electrician to put the meter back on the house.

The weight of the ice was just too much for the trees.  The pines and ceders had taken the biggest hit. Limbs had fallen on the power lines.  Our power line was on the ground and the electric meter seen above was torn from the garage.

Due to the fear we experience during storms of all kinds we made the painful decision to remove the last of the pines and the cedar next to the house.  Weather permitting they will begin the task this week.  Then we will begin the process of replanting.  But we will plant trees that provide food for wildlife and humans. Trees that flower.  Trees that don't grow to a size that should they be damaged in a storm will cause us fear.

We will still have large trees on the property but they are in what we affectionately call the back forty and to the rear of the property.