Ice isn't Nice!

This past week, the worst ice storm I've ever seen hit our area. My neighborhood literally looked like a tornado whipped through.

This is my street 2 days after the ice storm, 1 day before the national guard came to help finish clearing the road so National Grid could come survey the damage. Quite a few trees fell on my property as well...

Crushing my fence;


And downing my power, phone and cable lines, as well as pulling some conduit off the side of my house;


However, I consider us to be pretty darned lucky. I know folks who are still without power, 8 days later and National Grid is telling them MAYBE before Christmas. Other houses in my area got whacked by trees large enough to make holes, some folks had cars crushed so my little annoyances are small by comparison.

Of course, being a photographer, I just had to go outside immediately following the storm and take a few images as well. While the storm brought large scale destruction, it also brought quite a bit of beauty that I tried to capture.

I'm almost back to normal and I expect it won't be long before things are running smooth again!


Some downed baby trees;











My christmas lights;











Some vines and a leaf that hadn't dropped yet;