Wow - when Mother Nature decides to make a storm, she really puts everything into it. Many friends and locals are still without power - more than 9 days after the storm first hit. It could be another week for some of them. That Tuesday night, sitting in our tent in the dark, listening as the trees cracked and came whooshing to the ground - was the scariest night of my life. I've never prayed so hard for so long for anything.
The good news is we survived, our tent was intact, our car was miraculously not hit by any falling trees or limbs and our dogs were blissfully happy bouncing around in the leftover sleet/snow.
And now the clean-up begins - pulling out the chainsaws, moving limbs, rebuilding what was lost. A lovely old white oak landed smack dab in the middle of our cabin floor - it could have been worse, but the set back is disheartening.
Hopefully this is the last ice blast Mother Nature has planned for this winter - I for one could really use a heat wave right about now.
3 comments:
I just found your blog. I'm glad you didn't have too much harm to the home you are building. I'm in Cabot and we didn't get much ice.
I found your blog and remembered hearing those trees! I wasn't in a tent and still prayed that I wouldn't get hit. I'm up in Dennard, starting my own starplate cabin. Small, small world. Pray that this is our last blast of winter.
How is your starplate coming along? We'd love to stay in touch, to share ideas and things we've learned from the build. Are you going to do straight walls on your starplate or go with the original design?
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