From: janel

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:30:21 -0500, "Geo." 
wrote in message news::

>Wow, exactly how heavy an icing did you folks get? Ice storms aren't unusual
>here, but normally we won't see but maybe a 1/2" worth of ice during one.
>Sounds like either you have a lot of weak trees or you got a lot of ice.
>

Leaves were still on the trees, and the trunks and limbs were brittle after
the drought we've had.  Also, pines never withstand ice very well.

At one point, Duke Power had nearly 1.3 million customers without power
(multiply by however many people were in those houses and businesses, and
it all adds up).  That total doesn't include the local utilities, REA
Co-ops like the one I get my power from, and Carolina Power & Light
customers that lost power.  Crews are here from all over the southeast and
from as far away as Indiana and Michigan helping get the power back on.

I was lucky that mine was only out for about 24 hours.  And very surprised
when it came on then.  It had gone out sometime Wednesday night (I could
tell from the SETI stats since I bailed out of here the first time the
lights flickered).  I was periodically calling my house phone to check on
it and was stunned when the answering machine actually answered Thursday
afternoon.

Here's some pics of what it's been like around here:

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2002/12/05/gallery/index.htm

and around Charlotte:

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/4672020.htm
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/4663402.htm

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