Thread: Snow Day 2005!
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Old 01-10-2005, 05:48 PM   #12
BrianR
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MY ice storm took out power to Hazleton for up to three days, wiped out innumerable trees and such and made the roads slick.

It also did minor damage to my house...lost two of three apple trees, lost a limb from a tall maple which may or may not kill it come spring, took down part of a gutter, broke a window, cost me an hours' sleep in the middle of the night and burst a water pipe (which ran for days until it was noticed and shut off). That one is partly my fault for not turning off the water inside in the fall. Thank goodness I have an alert neighbor who has been checking the house once a week or so. Otherwise I'd likely have to replace the water pump too. I bet my electric bill is bigger this month too.

Too bad I don't have a camera to take pictures...the trees bent in half are almost pretty, until you look at the ones laying on my house....

Brian
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