Look what a little rain can do when it decides to freeze on the trees.  We drove home in this rain.  The roads were not slick it was not sleet - it was rain.  But...

At just the right temp, it turns into ice on plants.  Somewhere around midnight last Thursday we started hearing branches break.  It sounds like a shotgun and then you hear them fall.  We kept jumping out of bed just in case one of those times it was a tree from our back yard headed toward our bedroom. 

The next morning, this was the front yard.



If you look closely, the largest pile of branches in the very back is on the power lines.  At that time the electric box was still on the house - a couple hours later another branch fell and ripped it away. 

Here's a closer view of the branch pile that the electric company still needs to clear away.  (we don't mess with electrical wires here even if they do seem to be dead!)



When I looked out the side window this was what I saw.



That's looking through the window so it's a bit fuzzy.

Of course, the roads were a mess too.  Here's one example.



There are more over at Smugmug.  I took a bunch while walking with my blackberry.  There was so much ice and crap pelting us, I was afraid I'd ruin my good camera.  Then I took some others with my Nikon. 

Pretty?  Maybe.  As long as you have heat and a computer...

Blackberry shots are here.

Nikon shots are here.

Stay warm!

PS. I should note that while many of the branches don't look very large - most could not be moved until they were cut into smaller bits by the chainsaw.   Looks are very deceiving.  

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