We got the ice at our house too!! We were able to stay at home with the aid of our generator for two days. Really got tired of hearing it run, but a whole lot better than going without it. I wired ours into the house, so it runs everything except the dryer and air conditioner. Storm damage was limited to yard decor, fences, etc. Could have been a whole lot worse.

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May have to cut and paste this one. Gordo

 

The link worked. Some good pictures. Glad to hear there was not any severe damage.

 

Good to hear you came out better than some.

Duane
Southeast Kansas Coordinator

 

Looks like a fun mess to clean up. We were lucky here. Nothing that bad.

 

Branches branches brances.....HATE EM'

Looks like a mess but at least you didn't get any major damage and had a generator.

 

I was sitting here reading this and heard a new round of crashing outside. Ice is thawing and more limbs are coming down. Went out and cleared the drive behind the old truck (new one is inside), and moved to a safer area I hope. There is no way to get away from all of it and still be on my property.

 

Yep we finally found the driveway today. Left the car a little higher though.

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NICE lol, I never knew a 2" lift kit on a car would be so easy hahaha

Duane
Southeast Kansas Coordinator

 

Not very dependable though. I walked out today and danged if the lift hadn't already collapsed on it. LOL

 

I told you not to buy the cheap kit...LOL

 

Yesterday was clean-up day!! 18 family and friends showed up with two trucks and a tractor with a scoop and grapple hooks. We had everything cleaned up (including raking up the small stuff) and hauled off in 1 hour and 30 minutes. I couldn't believe it!! If I had to do it myself, it would have been a three week project. I consider myself to be a very rich man to have family and friends willing to bust their butts like that on a cold and miserable day. If you have folks like this in your life, be sure to let them know what a wonderful gift they are!!
Gordo

 

Very well said Gordo. People like that are orth more then all the money you could ever have. Glad you got everything cleaned up. So how was it after all the mess was gone?

 

I keep looking out the window and I cann't believe the differance. It looks a lot nicer now than before the storm.

Gordo

 

Ya know I always complained about not having any trees in our front yard but after this whole ise storm thing I think I might have changed my mind lol

Duane
Southeast Kansas Coordinator

 

If you know how much wood and limbs that a single axle farm grain hauler can carry, we hauled off 8 loads of wood plus 5 loads on my 5 by 12 trailer with 2 foot sides. I'm sure glad the dump spot was only three miles away!!

Gordo