The week before Thanksgiving our area was hit with a one day windstorm that resulted in near 70 mph winds. Power outages were huge and lasted up to 7 or 8 days - some even went without for 9 or 10 days. Hundreds of trees were lost in the winds - some uprooted completely and some broken off. It was incredible, and to top it all off, the temps were very, very cold.
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| Playing Games by lantern during our power outage |
Thankfully, our home and land were spared, except for being out of power for 3 days. We lost only one small tree that we know of, and it didn't hit anything. We had several branches come off trees, but nothing major. We have a wood stove in our home, so we were always toasty warm - some days it even got up to 80 degrees in the house! And I was able to cook nice hot meals on the wood stove, and we used coolers on the porch to keep our refrigerator food cold, so we didn't lose a great deal of food. We fared quite well in the big windstorm.
A local university made good work of some of the many trees they lost on their campus. A few creative souls created this absolutely darling Snow Family out of trees. I love it, and now I am ready to cut down a few trees on our 10 acres to create a Snow Family of our own!
