From: Rich Holm 


Wow... that alot of ice.

Cheers,
Rich



In article , janel says...
> 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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