January 13, 2007

The Ice Storm

The Crystal Forest Bella Vista Arkansas

01-13-2007 10:00 PM

I woke this morning to a wonderland of our neighborhood the morning after an ice storm. The sunlight gleeming through the trees was stunning, I wandered around the back and took some photos. I scurried back into the house quickly as the frozen fog chilled me to the bone.

We have been hearing about this storm system for nearly a week, I found it quite intimidating, looking at the blue and gastly pink juxtaposed against the familliar greens and yellows that mean heavy rain on a doppler radar tracking map. The line between the frozen polar air and the warm air pushing up from the Gulf of Mexico, runs right through our area as the Ozarks keep the worst of winter's wrath from pillaging the South. Our town sits on the edge of the Arakansas Ozarks, bearing the brunt of this meterological conflict

Woody went into the carlot today, while I stayed home, I prepared some food that we could eat without cooking and prepared in case we lost power. Woody stopped by Walmart and bought the last D batteries in the tri state area, as well as restocking our emergency water bread and cat food

Church is closed, so we will be home and should we still have power(...nearby towns close to the Oklahoma border have been without power all day, and the lights are flickering as I type....) watching EWTN and bracing for the worst that is supposed to come mid day sunday and into monday. I am already planning to be home from work on monday as is Woody. The ice is to give way to snow, no driving around until they get things plowed...thats fine with me, we are snug in our little house. I just hope we can stay warm enough....

Ice on our trees