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Tuesday, September 23, 2003   Ice Storm Blogging Just so Meryl and all of the others stricken by Isabel can see that I feel their pain (I really do), here are my bloggings from the ice storm at the beginning of April, 2003. I'm Baaaaaaack! Power restored about 8:15 last night. We trekked home and the cats are really, really happy. About 13,000 customers still out yesterday, out of a revised upward number of 240,000. Tree guy comes today or tomorrow to slice and dice my fallen trees. When Mother Nature Attacks During the overnight between Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4, freezing rain began to fall and by Friday morning we had quite a bit on trees, etc. About 11 a.m., my wife called me at the conference to tell me that we had lost power. I immediately went home. The conference was a lost cause for me, too much more important stuff to do.There was a pause in the weather and freezing rain resumed that afternoon. We packed up the cats and went to a motel some 15 miles from our house, the closest that had rooms and took pets. Winds approaching 60 mph occurred Saturday afternoon. Yesterday, Monday the 7th, we tried to go home, but no power and the electric company wasn't saying when. Back to the motel with the cats, now very unhappy, in a snowstorm that dumped 2-6 inches on us. Twice daily trips to the cold house to haul buckets of water from the sump to keep the basement from flooding. Lost everything in the chest freezer and the refrigerator. Not going to work at all, either of us. Estimate is power back tomorrow. 170,000 customers lost power in our electric company alone, 60,000 plus still without. Severe Internet withdrawal. Blogging will resume when power and cable Internet connection are possible. -- posted by Chuck at Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | E-mail | Permalink | Main | 0 comments