I live in Lawton, OK. It sits on the border of OK and TX so most would think that I live in the south and that the south doesn't get to see Ice or snow. They are wrong. Places like here in OK are famous for getting ice and sometimes we do get to see snow. On Christmas eve in fact we got hit with a snow blizzard. It was the first time we got snow on Christmas eve in years. Last week I didn't think I would make my classes because on Thursday morning we got hit with a really bad ice storm. Tree limbs were falling all over the place and power went out. The storm system also hit TN, KY, AR, NC, and other parts of the Midwest. Some got lucky and got the snow. The news called it the worst ice storm to hit OK since 2006. I took some pictures and I tell you it looked like a war zone outside of my house. It made me think of the hurricane I went through when I lived in SC. People were out of power for six to seven days. When I went through the hurricane in SC I was a teen and we went months before power was restored and parts of the state you can still the deviation hurricane Hugo had left behind. I'm still not use to living in tornado alley. We got lucky with when the ice storm hit and only lost power for about 5 hours early Friday morning. However it will take days for clean up and we have a big mess to clean. Here is on picture of the tree out in my front yard I took it when the ice turned over into some snow fall.
Oh wow, Rebecca. Now I feel bad for crying about our situation here in PA. We got 31 inches of snow a couple of days ago and we are supposed to get another 10 tonight. I should not complain because at least it is not ice and we have not lost power. But, I will tell you something that will probably brighten your day, lol. The day after the big snow storm, I plugged in the fryer to make some food. Now, our fuse blows if we plug in the fryer with the electric heater on and the dishwasher going. I forgot about this and so the fuse or whatever it is called blew. Our fuse box is down in the basement...which was covered in 31 inches of snow! The power to almost everything in the kitchen, including the fridge, was out! It was not good. Lol, my sweet fiance went out to dig out the basement, thank goodness. I felt really bad. Good luck with the ice and all.
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