Is there anyone there to hear it?

 

This can't be good . . . .



here's my across the street neighbor . . . that's a good sized branch(es) down



here's now much thicker the ice has gotten on the branches



Here's the ever-growing icicles on the tool shed



Yup, right before I do.

 

It's all heading this way..

Sorry Kobi about ice storms..
Thats the nature of it all..

Nothing new here..

I have plenty of wood..

Bring it on!!!

...zap!

 

Moral of the story, stay inside by the fire.

You do have a fire going, right?

 

dont trees explode cause they freeze

 

Uh - no.

Not yet. Need kindling as the gas starter is not hooked up yet. Used all the kindling I had (which was someone else's) to start the test fire (in the pix from the other day).

If the power goes off, I will find a way to start a fire.

Thankfully, I had all the firewood stacked in the tool shed . . . where it is nice and dry.

 

You wouldn't happen to have a family member who is currently having problems with a Yorkie would you?

ETA: Kobi, use newspaper along with small pieces at first. Once that gets going, add larger pieces.

 

No way . . . that's the silliest thing I've ever . . . .




oops . . . .

never mind. My bad. I stand corrected.

Carry on.

 

No, but it sure seems like I would, doesn't it?

Yes, I know, except I have no small pieces and nothing to cut/chop existing logs with. And no newspaper (it's 21 century . . . who reads the newspaper?)

I'm changing my name to Matt (not Mag, the other one).

 

That comment was directed towards CANES... But now that I think about it, hey!

 

Go to Wal-Mart, Lowes, True Value stores all carry some variation of these.




I use 1/2 a stick and can light logs, sticks, even damp.
Just light it an end, lay it in the fireplace, stack wood on top of it and in 20 mins or less, (depending on wood type, size and dryness) you've got a blazing fire.

Of course that does mean you'll have to drive......
I took teh family for a scenic drive through the icy landscape this afternoon. Watched turkey and deer, wishing I had a gun, did have a camera so snapped a few snap shots, need to see if they came out, if they look alright then I'll post pics.

 

They don't explode in a showy fireball, no, but sharp temperature changes between day and night can freeze the water inside the trunk of a tree, causing it to split open. If you go out on a night when it's in the teens or below, after a warmish sunny day (warmish being relative here, I'm talking 30° or so!) you can hear the trees cracking, it's kinda spooky sounding.

 

Last year while the power was out, if you went out side at night, really didn't even have to go outside, you could hear them from inside. But going outside after dark was uber spooky. There wasn't any pole lights or light pollution of any kind. It was pitch black. A 3Cell mag didn't seem to be sufficient to cut through the darkness and fog. There was no signs of life except for the occasional sound of a lonesome train off in the distance. It was deafening quiet and blindingly dark. The only sounds you could hear besides the hum of generators and the occasional lonesome mid night train off in the distance. Was the constant sound of branches cracking or trees falling busting though the silence like a knife. It'd make you cringe and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Especially since you couldn't see if it was one falling close to you and you might have needed to move.

 

Is it just me or are the tree limbs around me sagging too?



This was taken Saturday afternoon in the mid 80's

 

x2
24 bricks equal 48 fires.

As far as generators go there are different sizes that will run 3, 4 ,5 or more items without bogging down.

My relatives in the Northeast have a 'wholehouse' generator. An electrician wired it into their circuit box.
They lose power weather related, for several days at a time and just throw a switch and everything in their house works.
They don't have to pick and choose like me.