tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post7559136137180912075..comments2023-12-30T05:19:28.973-05:00Comments on Morning Musings: Ice and MemoriesCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-26136947007924914262014-02-17T13:01:56.291-05:002014-02-17T13:01:56.291-05:00Barbara, I hope you have not been affected by all ...Barbara, I hope you have not been affected by all the wind and flooding your country is experiencing.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-44856165519202204292014-02-17T12:57:30.219-05:002014-02-17T12:57:30.219-05:00Glad you are safe. Very resourceful and fun for a ...Glad you are safe. Very resourceful and fun for a short while I guess. reminds me of my Grandmother's cousin who owned a farm with no electricity, running water or flushing toilets. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-84241402749738869082014-02-11T15:53:53.819-05:002014-02-11T15:53:53.819-05:00We just read we could get up to 14 inches on Thurs...We just read we could get up to 14 inches on Thursday. Ken just got more wood from the woodshed. We'll go to the store tomorrow. Our driveway is 300 feet and has a 60 degree climb! We shoveled that driveway ourselves for 32 winters--only paid someone a few times to come out in all those years.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-47308680511599700722014-02-11T15:19:50.266-05:002014-02-11T15:19:50.266-05:00Those snow plow attachments for the riding lawn mo...Those snow plow attachments for the riding lawn mower are almost a MUST-HAVE in my opinion. We moved to a bigger house when I was 10 and my dad bought his first John Deere riding lawn mower. Of the 9 acres of property, he had to cut grass on about 6 of them and everyone he asked told him "John Deere is the best." He bought the snow plow attachment at the same time because our driveway was 200 feet long and shoveling just wasn't a practical option. Even for someone with 6 kids, like my Dad! LOL. I hear another "crippling" ice storm is due to hit the South. Is Maryland expecting to be hit again? Hope not - you all have more than paid your dues this year, weather-wise. I think the southern regions of the country have had it worse than we Northerners - at least we really accustomed to the onslaught! We don't like it but at least we're used to it. Well, take care and talk to you soon. :>)Janet Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754470262654502312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-77808539226361420362014-02-11T07:03:34.057-05:002014-02-11T07:03:34.057-05:00I understand now why you're interested in the ...I understand now why you're interested in the 1938 hurricane book! ☺ I was 15 and lived in Valparaiso, IN in November 1965. I don't think we had a particularly big snow storm that season, but we did in February 1967! Over 3 feet! I have movies of that one. My boyfriend (now husband) walked the mile (?) to my house every day. I didn't have school for a week. The next big storm I remember was here in Maryland in early 1979. Then in the 90's we had a couple. My nephew-in-law, a truck driver, died in the 1996 storm up in PA on I-80. The last really huge storm we had here was in 2011. Took us 2 days to dig out from that one. This is the first year we've had a snow plow--a blade on the lawn tractor. It's really made a difference in how we view snow now. Before we'd just plan on being housebound for days because of our long, steep driveway. Having your neighbors come cook at your house must have been rather fun I think. It's events like this that bring people together!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-76843009913731605492014-02-10T23:49:58.670-05:002014-02-10T23:49:58.670-05:00Oh sure, Cath - every year when the forecast sound...Oh sure, Cath - every year when the forecast sounds like it could go that way... and we get that "wintry mix" forecast quite often because it's always warmer near the Lake - we all remember the Ice Storm. That's how we think of it, with capital letters. The Ice Storm. My brother Jeff, the one that never lost power, really missed the main impact of it. But as I said, he did have 2 parents, 5 siblings, 3 in-laws, nieces and nephews of various shapes and sizes and assorted dogs and cats for most of the first week. So of course he does have his own perspective on it. LOL. I think we were all back in our own homes within the first week, but there were tons of people in the more rural areas that didn't get power restored for another week plus. And it didn't help that it was late Winter when you still have to heat your home. Even my parents and grandparents said they couldn't ever remember a storm like that one. I guess there was a major snowstorm in 1944, and of course a massive one in Feb 1966 when I was 9. 103 inches of snow in about 4 days, snow up to the traffic lights. It was nuts - schools and businesses were completely shut down for a solid week. Anyway, it does make you appreciate simple things like having a warm place to sleep, flipping a switch and having the light come on, filling the teakettle and having a flame pop up underneath it on the stove. My dog came in my room and got up on my bed - something I always wanted to let her do - and neither one of my parents made her go in her own bed. That was the best part to me. Our house was the only one on the street with a gas range - which I find very weird now but as a kid I didn't think anything of it - and all the neighbors cooked at our house all day long the whole week. During the Big Blackout of Nov 1965 too - remember that? Which hit right about suppertime. Weather horror stories - fits in perfectly with my hurricane of 1938 books! Take care and talk to you later!Janet Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754470262654502312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-92179840559492871812014-02-08T22:12:04.360-05:002014-02-08T22:12:04.360-05:00Our 32 hours was a drop in the bucket compared to ...Our 32 hours was a drop in the bucket compared to your experience! But I think you brother got the worst of it! :-) Does he still talk about it even now? I'm not as cheerful in the summer when we lose power like we did a couple years ago--too hot, food needing constant ice to keep it cool, and not being able to shower when you need it most! No thank you.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-15590466299042165482014-02-08T21:52:26.191-05:002014-02-08T21:52:26.191-05:00I can completely relate, Cathy. In March 1991, ne...I can completely relate, Cathy. In March 1991, nearly all of upstate New York was hit by a massive ice storm. Everyone remembers where they were when it happened - like the Kennedy Assassination. Power was out everywhere across about 20 counties, although for some reason one of my brothers never lost it at his house at all. He lived right at the edge of Lake Ontario's southern shore, and it's always warmer near the lake, so we think it never got quite cold enough there to form ice. We tell him he missed one of the most significant events the region ever experienced! Of course he did experience having his parents, 5 siblings and their families and pets camping out at his house, but it was definitely a different perspective. All over the area, it looked exactly like your pictures today. Very pretty, brilliant crystal white ice coated everything outside - from blades of grass to telephone poles! And very weird to be driving home at night in a completely dark landscape. No traffic lights or highway lights, darkened stores and shopping centers, nothing but the lights on oncoming traffic. Even weirder out in the country where you could look out and not eve see light coming from the windows of a farmhouse, or a floodlight near a barn. We were always saying “It must have looked like this 100 years ago, or when the dinosaurs were here etc…” LOL. I was lucky. My power was out only from Sunday night [when it hit] until the following Thursday, but that was plenty for me. You never realize how much you use something until you can't use it anymore. At my school, we had a "Funniest Hairdo Without a Blow Dryer" contest - lots of fun. But I felt so bad for the people who lived where they could't get the power back online for a week or more. So just a few days of it is all I know I could have tolerated without becoming very disagreeable to be with. Glad your experience was as short as it was. The news stories are still showing areas near you without power so it sounds as though it’s a lot like our ice storm. Take care, stay warm and keep everyone cozy at your house!<br />Janet Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754470262654502312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-54438795576783799832014-02-08T18:01:26.257-05:002014-02-08T18:01:26.257-05:00There was some melting going on out there today. ...There was some melting going on out there today. Tomorrow we'll take a look to see how things are. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-74314578408311932912014-02-08T17:34:01.130-05:002014-02-08T17:34:01.130-05:00Oh my Cathy, you did have quite a bit of tree dama...Oh my Cathy, you did have quite a bit of tree damage. Hopefully some of your ice laden limbs will spring back after the ice melts. We had ice damage a few years ago that changed the entire look of our back yard. Your memories and preparedness were wonderful to read about. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-39611131099887141632014-02-07T16:19:49.185-05:002014-02-07T16:19:49.185-05:00We really can't do much clean-up until the sno...We really can't do much clean-up until the snow melts--so much is frozen into the piles of ice. We all will be busy this Spring won't we!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-1333438251850551962014-02-07T16:18:00.681-05:002014-02-07T16:18:00.681-05:00Thank you...I shall pass your condolences on to th...Thank you...I shall pass your condolences on to the woods and the birds and squirrels. We wrong know the full damage until everything melts. Hopefully, some of the branches will spring back up and not found to be cracked.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-38484739042446265282014-02-07T15:48:31.680-05:002014-02-07T15:48:31.680-05:00Great memories and innovations for taking care of ...Great memories and innovations for taking care of yourselves; thanks for sharing! I'm sorry for all the damage and the fact that your yard looks too much like ours :( Elainehttp://www.elaineweger.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504150188395321059.post-67382232561682487332014-02-07T13:56:59.997-05:002014-02-07T13:56:59.997-05:00What a positive outlook! How I long for days such...What a positive outlook! How I long for days such as this!! Time to spend with our loved ones instead of scurrying around this busy world! I have to admit it would have been hard for me to put all the storm items away and back to the duties of the day. So sorry to see all of the damage to the trees! Do love the beauty of the flower stems in ice!! Thank you for sharing all the beautiful pictures of snow to this Florida girl! Hope there is not too much damage or more rough weather coming your way ...♡♥♡Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04783305092917745938noreply@blogger.com