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Holy moly! Right about when grasswire asked on Sunday where I was at while getting slammed, I lost power.
It finally came back on sometime this afternoon. I've spent the last 3 nights sleeping on the floor huddled between two doggies in front of the propane backup heater. Thank goodness for my little heater -- co-workers without backup heat have been ffrrrreeeezing!
As of late morning, there will still 19 people on my street without power, and I assumed from work that I was one of them. And then I checked around 3pm, and suddenly my street was off the list of streets still without power!
Phew! I'm eating a snack right now, and then heading into the shower....civilization at last!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)It's so nice to have lights and heat and my 'puter. I still haven't showered. I missed DU
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Been there.... it's no fun.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)already I'm caught up on dishes. This weekend will be massive laundry days.
But outside is another story. I lost an apple tree and possibly my beautiful 12' lilac tree on the edge of my garden. The lilac may survive -- it had 4 major trunks and the biggest of the 4 snapped. My lilac bushes came back from 50% loss a year ago, but I'm not sure a tree can handle that sort of loss, especially at this time of year. My peach tree lost a large branch -- I'm not sure if it was the dead one I was going to prune this spring.
I'm not sure about other trees that may also be lost. I'll have to take more inventory this weekend.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Mine are huge and I have cut them way back. They keep on growing... but they don't bloom much when you prune them.
Sad about the fruit trees though.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)so I don't mind too much losing one. Their apples are pretty mediocre...this will open up space for a nicer replacement. I think my favorite apple tree, which isn't in the orchard but is tucked away in a more protected area, came through ok. I'm not sure what type it is, but its apples are wonderful.
The peach tree already had a very tough year last winter. All the buds dies, so no peaches this last summer and a few branches died. I was hoping after a restful summer it would come back next year. Time will tell...it's given me some wonderful peaches in recent years.