I hope you aren't sending that a few hundred miles east Pat. We got light
snow now.

Brad







At 11:31 AM 12/3/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Vicki, and everyone, We have about 14 or more inches of snow now, and it's
>still snowing. lol. I'm glad the mailman has delivered the mail early today.
>
>Sunday it rained all day and all night. The ice was building up on the
>power lines, and the wind blew profusely. Monday morning at about 3:30 AM
>we lost our power, and we got it back that morning, just long enough to
>make a pot of coffee. Then we lost it again, until about 5 PM that evening.
>It snowed all day Monday and into the night. Tuesday it snowed. Wednesday
>it snowed, Thursday it snowed. Friday it snowed, and today, Saturday it is
>snowing.
>
>Many people in the rural areas are without power, and some of them do have
>power now. They reported that over 300 electric poles were down. This storm
>was in an area of several states, including South and North Dakota,
>Minnasota, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts of Colorado. I may have missed some
>states. It was really the worst ice storm we've seen since we've been here.
>The temps dropped way below freezing on Monday, and we've had sub zero
>weather already this week.
>
>Monday morning, Vernon ordered a huge generator and I'm glad he did. It
>arrived Thursday afternoon via motor freight. We will not be without power
>again, and we can run both furnaces with this generator, and the freezer
>and refrigerator, as well. If we have to, we can run the furnace in our
>rental house as well.
>
>I think we're in for a very long winter and a snowy one also. I'm certain
>we'll have a white Christmas.
>
>Love and Blessings,
>Pat Ferguson

Brad

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