What''s the Weather like where you are???

[DiamanteBlu]

Date: 12/10/2007 10:57:26 PM
Author: OUpeargirl
I left my house around noon today to go to the library. Well, I stopped by my house to get some clothes/shower stuff so that I could crash at a friend''s house with power. My roof has 3 holes that trees put in it. There are more gigantic limbs threatening to fall over my house. I''ve driven all around town today and I can honestly say that my street looks like one of the worst. Our 4 biggest trees are just in shambles on the ground. I am so worried that everything in there will be ruined. We were afraid to be in the house for the short 10 minutes that we were! I know I''m not the only person in this situation.. so please keep everyone in Oklahoma in your prayers! This is going to be a very very long week! Here is another picture of what it looks like here..

Crap! Prayers coming your way.

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Date: 12/11/2007 1:24:09 AM
Author: door knob solitaire
OUpearlgirl and I are most similar in the weather department.


Stuck in my house while hubby chainsawed a path for us to get out and get necessities. It was pouring down rain...he had on ear sound protection and the loud chain saw going...had no ability to hear the limbs snapping around him. I was commanded to stay inside and at least on of us remain safe. It was harrowing to see this hundred pound limbs shattering around him as he worked. And I could do nothing but watch.


As OU pearlgirls pictures shows...it looks like a war zone. Power lines are down and laying on the ground. Trees that have been standing for hundreds of years...are snapped and spilt in two. The tree limbs and twigs are completely encased in ice about the diameter of a magic marker. When the tree begins to snap from the weight, you hear a loud crack and then the shattering crash of hundreds of pounds of ice slamming into the ground. Sort of a showering noise of ice. Then a WHACK the tree makes contact with the ground and it literally shakes the earth.


Our property has minimum of 1100 oak trees...not one is unscathed. Heartbreaking...as we are tree hugging respecting nuts. Refrained from culling the canopy of shade as we realized it took hundreds of years for most to grow. Now we will have to. Or I should say...the damage made the decision for us.


Have been without power for 36 hours...just came back! With out my PS!!!

Oh how I love this world again! (seem to be a tad reliant on my juice!) It''s back its back! We are an all electric house...INCULDING the water. Electric pump. I am running my vacuum, hairdryer and curling iron all at the same time...oh and my dishwasher...and a load of laundry ( I can flush the toitey again!!! Oh happy day! TMI?) ...and I may even have some cocoa in the micro all at the same time(not the flush time...the sentences shouldn''t have come right after the other...you get the idea!) Juice...its what I am most grateful for...!!! And of course hubby...but you all already know that!

Stay safe OUpearlgirl and any one else in this mad mad mess of winter. §

I now understand why you responded as you did in the "why you live where you do" [or whatever it was called] thread!

 

[Sassee]

Date: 12/11/2007 4:13:33 PM
Author: Sparkster
Here in Melbourne it''s 24C and sunny (75F). Tomorrow it will be 29C sunny (84F) and on Friday it''s expected to reach 32C sunny (89F) . I love Melbourne in the summer. The only downside - I would love to one day travel to the northern hemisphere to have a white Christmas. It''s not a lot of fun preparing a traditional Christmas dinner when Christmas day couuld be anything from 24C to 40C (75F - 104F) - which is why a lot of here have a Christmas barbie instead.

Oh me too! I do love Melbourne, but I really wish that we could have a "proper" Christmas! Although, they are forecasting high teens/low 20s (64 - 70 degrees F) for Christmas Day. Don''t know how much to trust a long-range forecast though...

Geez, some of the stories about the storms in the US are truly terrifying! Whilst you are all suffering with that, we are all gearing up for bushfire season

 

[autumngems]

Today it will be a nice 75 degrees here on the coast of NC. but my this weekend it will be 40. We keep flipflopping back and forth, hot and cold.

 

[Skippy123]

It is in the 40''s and we have snow on our moutains. The mountains are gearing up for skiers!

DKS and OUP, how is Oklahoma??? Keeping you guys in my thoughts and hope you are warm!

 

[zoebartlett]

Blu, have you heard about the 2 snow storms we''ll be getting between now and Sunday? I heard 3-6 inches by tomorrow afternoon/evening and more on Sunday. Oy!