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Post by ozark on Jan 27, 2009 12:28:58 GMT -5
Spring has sprung, fall has fell, winters here and its cold as-------- it looks in the pictures.   |
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Post by youp50 on Jan 27, 2009 13:44:44 GMT -5
Coatings of ice can be as beautiful as nature can get. However there is a thin line between beauty and downed power lines. It can be hard on bones and ligaments, not really the ice but the sudden stop at the end of a slip caused by the ice. It is also good for the deer herd, at least up here. It breaks branches and pulls over saplings providing browse the deer cannot normally reach.
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Post by Buckrub on Jan 27, 2009 13:54:48 GMT -5
60 miles south of you, Ben, it's raining like crazy. The streets are wet only. The limbs are frozen, though. Wife has two doc appts tomorrow in Little Rock, I'm making her cancel.
Hope y'all keep power. Have lots of friends north of me, and boy....JUST north of me a few miles is bad.
Stay in! Stay out of that death trap called a car! Please.
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Post by ozark on Jan 27, 2009 16:00:59 GMT -5
Thanks Buckrub. We are prepared. Short of a medical emergency we will be snug as a bug inside even without power. So far power has been off less than ten minutes before it came back on. Ben
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Post by edge on Jan 27, 2009 16:13:05 GMT -5
Pretty pictures, but they must be fake! Doesn't Global Warming mean that you should be going swimming about now ;D
edge.
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Post by ozark on Jan 27, 2009 16:24:08 GMT -5
I would loved to have been at the hunting blind today but the roads leading there are as slick as a cat gut. A couple of beagles came through our place draging jumper cables. I think they were going to try to jump start a rabbit.
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Post by youp50 on Jan 27, 2009 16:53:28 GMT -5
A couple of foreigners swimming in Arkansas?
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Post by ET on Jan 27, 2009 18:07:06 GMT -5
I would loved to have been at the hunting blind today but the roads leading there are as slick as a cat gut. A couple of beagles came through our place draging jumper cables. I think they were going to try to jump start a rabbit. Darn those energizer bunny commercials almost had me believing they did the jump starting and not the beagles.  For what it’s worth the front coming from you good folks south of me is going to be about 6-8” of expected snow here by tomorrow. Guess I better do some stretch exercises again before putting the back and shovel to work. ;D Ed |
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Post by chuck41 on Jan 28, 2009 10:03:05 GMT -5
A couple of foreigners swimming in Arkansas? Youp, Does this qualify for the "Dumb A$$ of the Month" award? We have ice around here, but no power outages that I am aware of. Lots of it had melted when I got up this morning. Of course we well are over a hundred miles south of Ozark. |
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Post by raf on Jan 28, 2009 13:02:01 GMT -5
And 1500 miles south of me  . It's been snowing here and warmed up to a balmy -9. 1 more week and we're out of here. |
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Post by chuck41 on Jan 29, 2009 23:30:59 GMT -5
And 1500 miles south of me . It's been snowing here and warmed up to a balmy -9. 1 more week and we're out of here. And where are we off to in one more week raf??? |
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Post by craigf on Jan 30, 2009 0:06:45 GMT -5
Ozark, those are some really cool pictures.
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Post by raf on Jan 30, 2009 14:25:09 GMT -5
And 1500 miles south of me . It's been snowing here and warmed up to a balmy -9. 1 more week and we're out of here. And where are we off to in one more week raf??? Denver-Miami and onto a ship for the Carribean for 14 days |
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Post by edge on Jan 30, 2009 15:02:02 GMT -5
Have a great trip...and you better stockpile the warmth while you are there  edge. |
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Post by chuck41 on Jan 30, 2009 21:20:22 GMT -5
RAF,
We had a great time for 12 days on ships in the Caribbean this month. Just be sure you wash your hands often and stay as far as you can from the big crowds packed into small areas. I came home with the creeping crud, you know sore throat, coughing up disgusting stuff, etc. I am much better now but still not completely over it.
If it were all to do over again knowing I would come home and get sick, I would probably still go. It was that much fun. Besides the weather in Arkansas during January sucks big time compared to the Caribbean.
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Post by raf on Jan 30, 2009 22:10:56 GMT -5
Thanks. We'll be careful and we'll sterilize everything,,,,,with rum ;D |
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Post by ozark on Jan 31, 2009 17:39:09 GMT -5
The power is back on. It waited until I bought a generator, ran extension cords to everything we needed and had the computer and the television back on the generator. Then the power came back on. I wouldn't have bought the generator except for needing it to take updraft medicine. Anyway, we have it and no doubt it will come in handy another time. $680 bucks plus a bunch of heavy duty extension cords. Just money. Can't take it with us and if we could it might burn up. Glad to be back here. Ozark.
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Post by petev on Jan 31, 2009 18:13:01 GMT -5
Ozark, when you get a chance, I am sure a lot of us here would be interested to hear how things are in your area, trees down, food availability, how long the cleanup will take, etc. It is making news across the country, so a word from the front lines would be helpful. Glad to hear you're OK. Pete
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Post by ET on Jan 31, 2009 19:04:05 GMT -5
Glad to hear all is well at the Ozark Homestead.
Ed
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Post by ozark on Jan 31, 2009 20:15:31 GMT -5
In one word Devistating. Ice uprooted oaks a hundred years old. Limbs and tops were out of many trees and hundreds of powerline poles were snapped into. Transformers along with wire was on the ground. When the ice melted the timber looked much like wind had broken limbs off. Ofcourse the ground was covered with tree limbs and many heavy limbs from shade trees crashed through roofs. We were lucky. No damage to speak of but our cyclone fence is damage from treelimbs falling across it. We drove around the area and notice that the service lines to houses had trees that fell across the lines ripping the meter and loops away from the houses. Drove to Clinton 18 Miles south yester and met over a hundred cherry pickers moving north to help. Ten years ago we built this house new and this ice storm proved that we were in some ways wise. Our central heat was out naturally but we had three three burner propane heaters as backup and they kept our house warm.
Our driveway was blocked with tree limbs but a Nephew who worries about us cleared that out with a chain saw the first day. I suppose there is some good. My updraft pump needed power and we bought a generator and soon had light, TV and all we needed. We did get to enjoy the kerosene lamp and candles a couple nights. Naturally most businesses were closed and the Medical clinics were closed. One old lady that I worked in the bank with for a few years was about to freeze to death sitting on her couch wrapped in a blanket. The volunteer fire department went to get her to a warm house but she told them that she wasn't trusting anyone she didn't know to move her. Finally, a young man came in that she knew and she Said: "I know Randy there because I seen him in church. I will ride in his truck. Randy turned the heater up as high as he could and carried her to his truck and to a neighbors house. She wouldn't let anyone touch her except Randy. It is such a shame when people lose their faith in people. It will be months before the effects of this ice storm is not seen.
A tornado leaves a rather narrow path of destruction. This storm has been wide spread. Most all north Arkansas and most of Missouri plus parts of Oklahoma. Worst one I ever seen. But my neighbors were making sure that my wife and I were not suffering form the get go. I appreciate good neighbors and friends. When we built here I insisted that our power service line be put underground. I suggest that to all builders. Ozark
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Post by petev on Jan 31, 2009 20:44:17 GMT -5
Glad to hear you're hanging in there OKay. We will be praying for all of the people affected by the storm. Pete
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Feb 1, 2009 8:27:29 GMT -5
I persisted through an ice storm here in WNY in 1991. One of the worst to hit these parts. It's not fun and the damage is amazing. Things that take a hundred years to grow...gone overnight.
People came together then and I am sure that people are coming together down there now. The best of humanity usually comes out under the worst of times.
Glad you are OK Ben.
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Post by fowlplay on Feb 1, 2009 9:04:03 GMT -5
Ozark and SW,
Glad to hear you and your families are going to be fine. It is amazing what started out to be a beautiful picture could turn in to so much havoc and destruction.
Steve
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Post by chuck41 on Feb 1, 2009 10:45:19 GMT -5
Glad to hear you are OK. I'll bet it looked something like this:  That is what we had here in Hot Springs in Jan '01. Fortunately we fared better in this one. Got freezing rain, but it didn't accumulate enough to cause that kind of damage. I lost over three dozen nice pines in one little two acre plot in that one. Turned them into instant 3/4 telephone poles. You could hear them breaking. Sounded like rifle shots. They were bent over like sugar canes, then with a loud "shot" the whole top would come crashing down. Really scary stuff. |
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Post by sw on Feb 1, 2009 16:47:55 GMT -5
Ben, Glad you are ok. I have about 20 pictures to show. It really is hard to believe the amt of devastation. Today it is 60ish degrees after all the frigid days and their havoc. We had 4 people die from the cold. One was an 84 year old woman who froze to death in her bathtub. She was frozen/encased in ice. A relative found her. Every part of the country has it's dangers, etc. I just didn't think "ice" was one of ours . Steve |
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. It's been snowing here and warmed up to a balmy -9. 1 more week and we're out of here. 
