I've never seen something like this in my city before... like, ever.
It was the morning of Saturday, January 13th. Freezing rain was coming down and Ice started forming, consuming everything in sight.
By about 5:00 p.m. the same day, small branches and limbs started dropping off trees in the area as the ice continued to cover and consume. By nightfall, larger limbs and branches were being torn from nearly every tree in the city.
It got worse. By midnight, I heard trees being ripped in half, one after the other almost nonstop. Transformers were exploding all over town, lighting up the night sky in bright blue flashes. (Don't worry; no Cybertronians were harmed during this.) Then, at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, all went dark. Everyone lost power in my neighborhood, surrounding areas, and nearly the entire city. The chaos continued through the night. I didn't sleep at all.
Trees and limbs continued to fall in waves for 3 days as spurts of freezing rain added more weight to them. By late Tuesday, January 16th, a State of Emergency was declared for our city and all of Lane County. The ice storm caused widespread power outages, road closures, and damage to property throughout the City.
By the next day, Wednesday, the storm had finally stopped and the ice began to slowly melt. Power was slowly being restored to the city, piece by piece. My street finally got power late Saturday evening, January 20th. We were without power and heat for an entire week.
No internet for that whole time, either. Internet was finally restored late yesterday on the 22nd. I have to say; you don't realize just how important of a tool the internet is until you've lost access to it for over a week. That sucked.
It's a mess around here. Cleanup is going to take ages.
It was the morning of Saturday, January 13th. Freezing rain was coming down and Ice started forming, consuming everything in sight.
By about 5:00 p.m. the same day, small branches and limbs started dropping off trees in the area as the ice continued to cover and consume. By nightfall, larger limbs and branches were being torn from nearly every tree in the city.
It got worse. By midnight, I heard trees being ripped in half, one after the other almost nonstop. Transformers were exploding all over town, lighting up the night sky in bright blue flashes. (Don't worry; no Cybertronians were harmed during this.) Then, at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, all went dark. Everyone lost power in my neighborhood, surrounding areas, and nearly the entire city. The chaos continued through the night. I didn't sleep at all.
Trees and limbs continued to fall in waves for 3 days as spurts of freezing rain added more weight to them. By late Tuesday, January 16th, a State of Emergency was declared for our city and all of Lane County. The ice storm caused widespread power outages, road closures, and damage to property throughout the City.
By the next day, Wednesday, the storm had finally stopped and the ice began to slowly melt. Power was slowly being restored to the city, piece by piece. My street finally got power late Saturday evening, January 20th. We were without power and heat for an entire week.
No internet for that whole time, either. Internet was finally restored late yesterday on the 22nd. I have to say; you don't realize just how important of a tool the internet is until you've lost access to it for over a week. That sucked.
It's a mess around here. Cleanup is going to take ages.
