New England Ice Storm/Power Outage ~ Pictures May Take Awhile to Load

Here are my pictures of this incedent. Several of my friends still have no electric, heat, or water…I was out for almost four days. 😛 But enjoy!

This picture is facing you the right way. The icicles on the tearose bush were actually frozen like that to the left due to wind!

I liked these close-ups of this “holly berry” on the holiday moose.

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The Holiday Moose… (I got it at Target, if you’re wondering.)

The whole world looked like it was covered in glass. Pretty, but also miserably freaking cold without any way to turn the furnace on.

Tree-cicles.

So, if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been for the last four days, there ’tis.

~Cat

PS- Yes, I did erase the previous post which stated that PSNH has failed to take care of this situation and shown their true colors. They have sat around with their thumbs up their arses for days. I did not see ONE PSNH (Public Service of New Hampshire, – the electric co. here,) truck for over three days, and I live in a town with a hospital in it. They did everything half-assed and messed up the entire restoration. Such ineptitude has not been seen in so long as to make this without precident…that’s how ridiculous it is. However, the Union Leader and other local papers show comments from residents of NH echoing my statements repeatedly, and many from more populous areas, so I removed much of my open letter to let other NH residents express themselves. I will say this… Ten years ago, we had an ice storm 10 times as bad, with damage several times more severe. The ice was literally so thick it was hard to see the branches, and NOT because of glare. PSNH reacted immediately and did a good job restoring MOST people’s power except those waaaay out in the hills. The roads weren’t clear or safe, but trucks came anyhow. But this year? This ice storm? I live right in town, and there was NO ELECTRIC TRUCKS ANYWHERE FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS IN VERY COLD, WELL-BELOW-FREEZING-TEMPS WEATHER. The roads were clear, fine, very passable and very safe. All down lines were marked. There was no ice on the road, and no excuses for them not to drive on it (we all did to stay warm in the car, actually.) There was no shelter except what you could pay for. Many of my friends are still without heat, power, or water. I saw cable trucks before I saw electric trucks. It was ABSURD. This time they just sat there and said “Oh, sorry, we are trying to fix stuff we think,” and did nothing. I removed the larger part of my open letter to them because you need not hear me cuss so much. 😉 They still suck, and I still recommend anyone associated with the company to disassociate from them since if you read the news, watch the news, or listen to the news, several people are starting to harbor violent attitudes towards the company due to their painfully inept “rescue” efforts where no one did anything until perhaps today. Millions of dollars of damage, people dying…great job PSNH. 😛

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