(Above) What we saw from our porch...
At 8:15 we heard a crash and opened our door to find the scenes you see above. Thankfully we live in a great community and within minutes (and after getting permission from our insurance company) a team of 5 college guys, along with our neighbors, Fred and Peg Keeley who brought their chain saw, removed the limb. Once it was on the ground, the same team of folks couldn't lift the limb but had to drag it out of the driveway (and that was after some of the lesser limbs were removed) -- that goes to show how much weight was on our van.
Amazingly enough, we can't find a dent. By morning's light, we'll see if we can find a scratch. All the windows, mirrors, lights, and even antenna are intact. Chad, you can see we were employing your towel technique!
Thanks, Lord, for protecting our vehicle and everyone who helped remove the tree!
Thank you, Lucas, Joel, Brian, Zach, Caleb, and Keri (who watched Ellie so I could take pictures).
The ice is getting thicker by the hour! I hope we don't lose our power! It sounds like gun fire popping as ice falls and limbs crack. Just within the last hour, our limbs and shrubs have noticeably sagged, nearly laying on the ground.
5 comments:
oh my word! I'm sure your heart sunk when you saw that! That's amazing the vans not flattened!
The van's in the same place, did you actually make it to the post office?
We've had a little snow and a tad of ice here, but nothing like you get in KY!
What did you find in the daylight??? How could it not have dented the roof? I am hoping and praying you have electricity!!! It would be a real bummer in the cold to be without heat. We know from our ice storm several years ago. Stay safe and warm. Love ya,
wow....so much for global warming!!!!!!
Don't you guys have a garage? Just axing.....
Aunt Dianna
Yes, we have a garage, but right now it's serving as a storage 'facility' -- it's got a bunch of boxes going to Africa (like enough to fill a pick up truck), and several suitcases and some boxes going Argentina with Nathan and the team in March. And we really have no other place to store them...
The other factor though, is that it's an UP hill drive from our garage to the street so we were trying to be in a position (by parking at the top of the hill) where we could actually get out of our driveway.
EKU's campus looks like this everywhere. I believe the report is that there were over 100 trees lost because of the ice. We were out of school for 4 days. It was crazy! Glad you all are safe and that the van wasn't crushed! God is good!
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