Ben is out of touch without power, phones, and his cell battery died too. His area was hit with a massive ice storm. So he will be out of touch until his power comes back on. He said there are 350,000 people out of power. He wanted everyone to know he will be back in touch as soon as he can.
I know. It's pretty scary over there and up north in New Hampshire.
My fiance's parents live in Holden, MA, which is next to Worcester, where Ben lives, and they all got blasted with ice. Trees & power lines are down and people are without power/heat.
Let's hope they get the power and mess all cleared up quickly!!!
Looks like power is of until mid-week. It's pretty bad here, wait til you guys see the pix I took yesterday from my neighborhood! I spent the entire day removing all the huge limbs from my yard and my neighbors'. I really could have used a chainsaw, my arms are dead from the bow saw! Our road is still completely impassable. Good news is everyone is safe and we don't have flooding....yet.
Sorry for the inconvenience for those of you that have been trying to contact me. Cell works now but don't know when I'll have internet access again.
No need for the chain saw any more, I pretty much got everything cut yesterday by hand and cleared my yard. My neighbors live in NJ most of the time. They're elderly so I'll probably do their yard when I have a chance.
The city is coming through with earth movers and dump trucks followed by National Grid. The big obstacle is the fact that our town has been infested with Chinese longhorn beetles. We're losing 4500 trees within 2 mile radius and they can only be brought to one lot in the county. Calling it tedious is the understatement of the year.
My fiance's parents got their power back on around 5 PM today.
That is good news. I hope all the other people get their power/heat back on soon. This is not the weather to not have any heat. It's getting really cold at night, like in the lower 20's and teens.
Hang in there Ben!!! Stay warm.
Power is back on but still freezing in the house! We were surprisingly one of the first to get hooked back up and online....most will still be waiting for days.
We keep hearing stories of home invasions, robberies and generator thefts around the area too...what low-lifes!
Anyway, here's the pix as promised. I need to take some pix from the surrounding streets that had entire trees that destroyed houses and cars...I've never seen anything like this and hope we never will again. We were very, very lucky.
Wow Ben!!! Glad you and the fam is OK! I remember those days!!!! Livin' up in Syracuse and Corning NY all my life I saw lots of crazy winter weather like that. Don't miss it now that I'm livin' down here in GA. Hey just thought I'd let you know it's gonna be 71 here on Wednesday Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope all is going well - stay in touch and give me a call once in awhile!
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Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope all is going well - stay in touch and give me a call once in awhile!
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