Snow and Ice.....

[1randy]

7.2 inches snow and freezing rain , no electric, living on generator, had to get up 2 times in middle of night to re fuel, no heat!or hot water !!! starting to smell bad, might take ice shower !! but i found that internet works cause im on satlelite , yeeeeaaaah.

[Chevy454]

Same boat as Randy...electricity clicked off @ noon on Tuesday, and came back this afternoon...and we're the lucky ones...most folks from here & to the south the co-op is *hoping* to have electricity by March. Dad met an 18 wheeler over in Poplar Bluff with a load of FEMA water, as we were one of the few folks who could get a truck & trailer out...still took us a few hours of cutting limbs, plowing snow/ice, and ended up having to drag the truck/trailer with our track loader (4wd tractor wouldn't budge it!)...quite the ordeal. Looks like a scene out of a movie around here, like a huge A-bomb went off...not a top left in a tree from here south, and dead men (limbs) hanging in every tree. Knocked out all but 1 radio in our range for a few days, so we've been a bit isolated...our Alton office has power, but Thayer & Mammoth Spring locations are both dark...those 2 towns are still in the dark as well, and they said this morning that since they're having to run the water system off of generators that water supply is limited so if there's a fire there will be no way to even slow it down...so now there's a burn ban and a curfew...to make matters worse, this part of the world is out of gasoline! Been a real learning experience...

Funny thing is, though, other than the water that we had to go get & haul ourselves for the southern part of the county, there's been nary a word from FEMA...and no looting or shootings...go figure...!?!

[47Hammer]

Took the Harley out today a blew out the cobwebs, I needed it after a long grinding week. We are blessed with this Incredible weather here in Southern Cal, Malibu and at the County line while so many of you are battling the cold.







You can see the fog rolling in.

[BJCHEV396]

YOU LUCKY S.O.B.'S IN SO CAL.WAS THERE 3 YEARS AGO AND LOVED IT.DROVE THE PCH FROM SAN FRAN TO SAN DIEGO.WAS BEAUTIFUL!!

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

So Cal

It will start on fire, have an earth quake and slide into the ocean!!!!

[47Hammer]

In the meantime we are loving it.

[Xplantdad]

Looks like you had a great time Bart!