Ice Storm

We had an ice storm in Oklahoma on Sunday (in case you hadn't heard!) We woke up at aroud 5am Monday morning to the sound of huge limbs breaking and crashing onto our house - mostly against Madeline's bedroom wall. We brought her to bed with us and spent the rest of the morning listening and waiting for something to crash through the house. We invited our friends over when they lost power and one family chose to come stay with us. Just as I was finishing cooking the last pancake, we lost our power. The guys weren't able to find firewood anywhere and the temp steadily dropped all day. We've heard that one million homes in Oklahoma are without power, 1/2 a million in Tulsa area, and some will be waiting as long as 8 days before power may be restored. Michelle and I took the kids to Irene's house to sleep in a warm home and Chris and Eric slept at Chris' office. Chris said that the town was eerie that night - driving through neighborhoods devoid of light and past darkened buildings. On Tuesday, Chris had to get gas. There was only one QT around with a generator and he said there were easily 80 cars in the parking lot. We never realized how very reliant we are on electricity. Thankfully, our power was restored by the next day. But there are still thousands of people without electricity. Here are some pics of the damage to our trees. Needless to say, the landscape of Tulsa will be changed dramatically with the loss of so many old trees.