In 1998, Montreal had a bad ice storm and many trees lost branches like the above photo. It was so bad, the Army was called in to cut down the trees blocking the streets. My Mom had a tree that was leaning over and about to be cut down, so I went out and beat the ice off and the tree popped back up and didn't get the Army chain saw. It is still there today. So if there are trees you want to save. Some ice bashing will do the trick..
Losing electricity was my main fear as the storm rolled through my neck of the woods. The cold and the busted waterlines will be tragic. I feel for them.
Houston got lucky. We had a little bit of ice and freezing rain very early this morning, but most if it melted quickly. Mostly, we had cold rain and a little ice mixed in. Only a few road closures, but 99% of the Harris County roads were open for traffic.
Zero ice in trees or power lines, no power outages that I've heard of.
I did pick all the ripe 🍋 lemons and 🍊 oranges from my lemon and orange trees Saturday morning. Now I have far more lemons than needed, but didn't want to chance them freezing.
We have a light coating of ice this morning. We are surrounded with 90 year growth. Large canopies. The storm we had over three decades ago took out most of our pine trees. I would sit out in the quiet of the night and hear the distinct cracking of wood followed by the crash of the tree. No electric for 10 days.
Neighbors had a tree fall across their pool early on. The canopy is holding it above the pool for now.
I spent hours listening to history lessons about how people and military dealt with deadly cold. Learned a lot. I have a tester bed with 7 1/2 foot posts. Always been told this bed was big in the South because of air circulation. But I learned that the first rule of surviving cold was to get off the floor. Put more quilts under than on top and use straw because it's hollow and retains heat. Thatched roofs were a survival tool, as were Norwegian dug out houses. Also learned about the amazing east European and german stoves with the maze chimneys where 90 minutes of burn would provide radiant heat for 12 hours.
And did you know you can cook with a muffin tin and four little tea candles and heat an enclosed space with tea candles and two clay pots? And you can make a candle that burns for 72 hours with crisco?
We haven't yet lost electric but I learned a lot of useful stuff.
why can't people see the weaponized weather against the public? it's not NATURE...it is HAARP and Ionospheric heaters and it's being purposefully done to us.
In 1998, Montreal had a bad ice storm and many trees lost branches like the above photo. It was so bad, the Army was called in to cut down the trees blocking the streets. My Mom had a tree that was leaning over and about to be cut down, so I went out and beat the ice off and the tree popped back up and didn't get the Army chain saw. It is still there today. So if there are trees you want to save. Some ice bashing will do the trick..
That's a good kind of ice bashing.....
Prayers for those stranded without power or heat and loved ones to care for.
Losing electricity was my main fear as the storm rolled through my neck of the woods. The cold and the busted waterlines will be tragic. I feel for them.
Houston got lucky. We had a little bit of ice and freezing rain very early this morning, but most if it melted quickly. Mostly, we had cold rain and a little ice mixed in. Only a few road closures, but 99% of the Harris County roads were open for traffic.
Zero ice in trees or power lines, no power outages that I've heard of.
I did pick all the ripe 🍋 lemons and 🍊 oranges from my lemon and orange trees Saturday morning. Now I have far more lemons than needed, but didn't want to chance them freezing.
Meanwhile, it's 40 and rainy in Alabama. Guess they couldn't afford to shut down Redstone Arsenal lol
If the anti ice protesters had only been there.
This is why those commies in Minnesota hate ICE . . . Ohhh.
...ouch...
We had the same thing up here in Northern MI April 2025
We have a light coating of ice this morning. We are surrounded with 90 year growth. Large canopies. The storm we had over three decades ago took out most of our pine trees. I would sit out in the quiet of the night and hear the distinct cracking of wood followed by the crash of the tree. No electric for 10 days.
Neighbors had a tree fall across their pool early on. The canopy is holding it above the pool for now.
I spent hours listening to history lessons about how people and military dealt with deadly cold. Learned a lot. I have a tester bed with 7 1/2 foot posts. Always been told this bed was big in the South because of air circulation. But I learned that the first rule of surviving cold was to get off the floor. Put more quilts under than on top and use straw because it's hollow and retains heat. Thatched roofs were a survival tool, as were Norwegian dug out houses. Also learned about the amazing east European and german stoves with the maze chimneys where 90 minutes of burn would provide radiant heat for 12 hours.
And did you know you can cook with a muffin tin and four little tea candles and heat an enclosed space with tea candles and two clay pots? And you can make a candle that burns for 72 hours with crisco?
We haven't yet lost electric but I learned a lot of useful stuff.
why can't people see the weaponized weather against the public? it's not NATURE...it is HAARP and Ionospheric heaters and it's being purposefully done to us.