From Sirvatka@cod.edu Mon Feb 2 12:17:01 2009 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:22:18 -0600 From: "Sirvatka, Paul L." To: sirvatka@weather.cod.edu Subject: FW: Update from PAH ____________________________________________________________________________ From: Trwxxa62@aol.com [mailto:Trwxxa62@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 12:20 AM To: Sirvatka, Paul L.; sebenste@weather.admin.niu.edu Subject: Update from PAH Hello everyone, Just wanted to give you all an update on our ice storm status. If you have been watching the news or even the Weather Channel lately, you have seen the major ice storm that hit our area. We lost our power on Tuesday morning and have been without it since then. My brother drove 7 hours Tuesday night (he left at 130am) and arrived early Wednesday morning with a generator, some gasoline and his chainsaw. Was he ever a sight for sore eyes! It was 55 in the house that morning! The day of the ice storm was indescribable. The sounds of trees crashing every 15 minutes and hitting our house is a sound we will never forget. You stepped outside and all you heard was sirens and trees crashing and the sight of powerflashes. It was like a war zone. The kids are doing ok but are confused when we can't put the TV on or any lights (giving the generator a break!). But overall we are doing ok. Thank God Jeff had his trusty camp stove so we have been able to cook. Jeff even cooked me eggs this morning! So we are ok. I didn't have to go into work the last three days but tonight I will have to start to go in. Jeff and I spent about 2 hours yesterday cleaning up all the debris and we have two LARGE piles out front that we are going to burning with our neighbors. We do have some damage to our house and fence but it is fairly minor. We are VERY lucky actually, with all the trees we have on the side of our house. We do have on tree on the house but we are thinking the roof is ok. I will leave you all with some pictures. Pray that we get power back soon!! BYE!! [IMAGE] The tree that is on my house [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE] My brother Matt chainsawing a large branch that was on my fence! [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE] " ID="11" SRC="aoladp://MA19950865-0011/DSCF0786re.jpg"> [IMAGE] Chrissie+Jeff ____________________________________________________________________________ Know Your Numbers: Get tips and tools to help you improve your credit score. ____________________________________________________________________________ Know Your Numbers: Get tips and tools to help you improve your credit score. [ Part 2, "DSC_0066.JPG" Image/JPEG 79KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 3, "DSC_0071.JPG" Image/JPEG 96KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 4, "DSC_0098.JPG" Image/JPEG 64KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 5, "DSC_0102.JPG" Image/JPEG 58KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 6, "DSC_0125.JPG" Image/JPEG 62KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 7, "DSCF0769.JPG" Image/JPEG 73KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 8, "DSCF0772.JPG" Image/JPEG 102KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 9, "DSCF0780.JPG" Image/JPEG 66KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 10, "DSCF0787.JPG" Image/JPEG 92KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 11, "DSCF0799.JPG" Image/JPEG 92KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 12, "DSCF0778.JPG" Image/JPEG 90KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]