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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

So far we've only gotten snow from this storm...what's another few inches on 
top of what we've already got? The sleet and freezing rain are coming. We 
are supposed to get above freezing next week. Maybe we can get rid of some 
of this *#@^ ice. It just keeps building up as the snow gets packed down. I 
can't get a sled of wood up  the driveway without my Yak trax. It took me 
three tries to get the car out of the driveway yesterday. Once I get moving, 
I can't stop at the top of the driveway, or I slide all the way back to the 
barn. This is the part of winter I hate. Usually it's only a few days, then 
it warms up and the ice melts; this year it's been weeks.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:23 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Ice storms --bad weather


> I spoke to a business acquaintance in SE MO , monday, who said they were 
> preparing for a big ice storm.  Yesterday, and this am, I have been reading 
> of bad storms throughout areas where many on the list live ; the plains, 
> the Ozarks;  etc. And, it is supposed to be headed toward Maine, next. I 
> hope everyone fares well.  This article is another from this am......
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Excerpt:
>
> "Tree limbs encased in ice tumbled onto roads and crashed onto power lines 
> in hard-hit Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, keeping thousands without 
> power. In Arkansas -- where ice in some places was 3 inches thick --  
> people huddled next to portable heaters and wood-burning fires as 
> utilities warned electricity may be out for days.
>
> ''We fully expect this to be one of the largest outages we've ever had,'' 
> said Mel Coleman, CEO of the North Arkansas Electric Cooperative in Salem. 
> ''Right now, we're just hoping it's days and not weeks.'' "
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/28/us/AP-Winter-Storm.html
>
>
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