Never take Mother Nature for granted.
We have been having a mild winter this year with small snowfalls here and there and mild temperatures reaching thirty and near forty on many days. Then it happened! On Friday afternoon it started snowing. And it snowed and snowed and snowed! We saw a flash of lightening and a rumble of thunder just after it got dark. We were watching a movie in the evening when the lights and TV started going on and off. Then OFF!
It was just before nine o'clock so we found the flashlight and started pulling out candles. We got the candles going and sat back to watch the fire in the fireplace. Nothing happened. We looked outside and saw that the trees were hanging low and full of snow.After a while we decided we might as well just go to bed and hope the power would come back during the night.
In the morning we still had no power and when I looked outside the snow was HUGE! We got between eighteen and twenty inches of snow overnight! I got the snow blower going (after disconnecting the garage door opener and lifting the door by hand), and ventured forth to conquer the driveway. I had to run the snow blower on a low speed or the snow would overwhelm the hopper! At that snails pace it took me three hours to blow off the driveway, turnaround and along the road. The county trucks had not been through yet and there was a tree across the road right in front of our house.
Getting back inside I got the fire going and we ran an L.P. heater to keep the house as warm as we could. We were in this mode until Sunday evening. On Sunday afternoon we took a ride into Leland to see how the rest of the world was faring. Leland was without power as well as Suttons Bay and parts of Traverse City! We heard on the radio that about 90,000 customers were without power in Northwest Michigan!
Finally on Sunday evening at about 8:30 the lights came back on and we breathed a huge sigh of relief! This morning it's back to normal and we will be packing to get out of here and head to Florida.
Good morning to this??
This is why so many power lines were down. The wet snow clung to everything like foam only heavy!
The road was a mess and trees were down.
The county didn't get through until Saturday evening, and only went as far as my neighbor's driveway before turning around because of the trees across the road.
Looks like these guys aren't going anywhere for a while!
We couldn't see the swing seat under the snow.
Pines along Wheeler Road.
Wheeler and Trumbull on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday evening, the moon is out bright. This was to be the coldest night of the winter going down to four degrees and no power!! Luckily the lights came on at 9 pm. About forty eight hours later!! Look out Florida, here we come!!
