Back in January we were able to experience our first ice storm. It all started with a lovely snow, but it's Seattle and by the next day, it was no longer cold enough to snow. So it rained . . . on top of the snow, making an ice storm. We lost power on a Wednesday and got it back late Friday night. So this is what you do when you have no power.
Read next to the window
Camp out by the fire.
And knock ice off your tree before the ice breaks all the limbs or worse, pulls it out of the ground. Every tree in the area lost something, and several were completely uprooted.
In the end we were able to save this tree, but we had to pull it back into place with our truck and then tie it to a couple of poles until the roots grow back.
For the most part the kids had a blast, but there were definitely times when we were all driving each other crazy! It's a good thing our fireplace wasn't electric or we would have been REALLY cold. As it was, in the living room it only got down to 59, thanks to hanging some quilts up in doorways to block in the heat.
I've never seen a sideways snowman. He was upright until the rain made him sag, and then the ice kept him that way. It took almost a week for him to melt because he became almost solid ice.
