ice storm

[ruruson1]

Well folks I'm back up and running. As some of you may have seen on the news here in Northern Arkansas we had an Ice storm that left us powerless and phoneless for about eight days and some folks are still with out power and will be for a few more weeks due to rural access. We have power companys from all over the country here helping repair the down lines. At one estimate the local power co said they had 4000 ( yes thats thousand ) power poles broke from the weight of the ice and and unknown amount of lines down. the Nad has been parked and unable to move. The only way to exit my drive for the first couple of days was in my old truck cuttting accross the field, and 4x4 is a must. now that I have spent three days cutting the trees from my driveway and the help of a warm day, the weather man is predicting a warmer weekend ( mid 50's ) and my wife and I are going to take off over night. If any one here is a power worker or contractor in my area thanks for your help and I wish you a safe trip home when you get to leave. Ride safe