Not the *best* way to wake up! Yikes.
Apr. 5th, 2007 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lady_saraiI don't know if I should use an incredulous, overjoyed or "wtf" icon for this. I think it's time for my icon of shock and awe.
But! ::CLINGS to the internet and to POWER!!!!::
So, we got hit with a snowstorm, right? Yeah, about 14" of snow later... It's April 5th, Mother Nature. COME ON.
But the most fantastic part is how we lost power at 2 am and only got it back at 10 am--8 hours without power. The temperature inside got down to 64 degrees. I am sitting here in two sweatshirts and huddles under three blankets, because it takes awhile for the furnace to kick in.
This is not the most... *interesting* thing caused by the storm.
It's not even how my brother managed to get my mom's minivan out of the driveway and then got HIS car stuck in the snowbank so I had to go help him dig himself out and then PUSH the damn thing (despite how he had absolutely no good reason for needing to leave the house).
It's more that at 2 this morning A TREE FELL ON OUR HOUSE.
Fortunately, it's sort of... leaning against it, instead of slamming THROUGH the house. THANK GOD.
The top of the tree? Is on top of my mother's bedroom window. O_o Shockingly enough, none of the window screens even got ripped or torn. We have some people watching out for us, that's for sure.
And for an idea of how deep that snow is? My car:
So... oi.
Yesterday the only snow in our lawn was where the snowbanks hadn't melted yet. The grass was turning green. >_<
I suppose we should do something about THE TREE ON OUR HOUSE, but I have no idea WHAT to do.
Who do you call in this situation? Oi.
BUT WE HAVE POWER!!!! YAY! (We very, VERY rarely lose power where we live, and it's almost never for *that* long.)
But! ::CLINGS to the internet and to POWER!!!!::
So, we got hit with a snowstorm, right? Yeah, about 14" of snow later... It's April 5th, Mother Nature. COME ON.
But the most fantastic part is how we lost power at 2 am and only got it back at 10 am--8 hours without power. The temperature inside got down to 64 degrees. I am sitting here in two sweatshirts and huddles under three blankets, because it takes awhile for the furnace to kick in.
This is not the most... *interesting* thing caused by the storm.
It's not even how my brother managed to get my mom's minivan out of the driveway and then got HIS car stuck in the snowbank so I had to go help him dig himself out and then PUSH the damn thing (despite how he had absolutely no good reason for needing to leave the house).
It's more that at 2 this morning A TREE FELL ON OUR HOUSE.
Fortunately, it's sort of... leaning against it, instead of slamming THROUGH the house. THANK GOD.
The top of the tree? Is on top of my mother's bedroom window. O_o Shockingly enough, none of the window screens even got ripped or torn. We have some people watching out for us, that's for sure.
And for an idea of how deep that snow is? My car:
So... oi.
Yesterday the only snow in our lawn was where the snowbanks hadn't melted yet. The grass was turning green. >_<
I suppose we should do something about THE TREE ON OUR HOUSE, but I have no idea WHAT to do.
Who do you call in this situation? Oi.
BUT WE HAVE POWER!!!! YAY! (We very, VERY rarely lose power where we live, and it's almost never for *that* long.)
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Date: 2007-04-05 08:06 pm (UTC)It's not even our tree, as we cut all the ones that might do this. And it's *winter* and just... heavy snow. No wind or anything. After all the crazy thunderstorms and things... oi.
I think it's just that I apparently can't get over the TREE on my HOUSE. *headdesk*
(Plus, I think the pictures came out really well for being taken from the street in my pajamas at 6 am.)