Re: ice storms

yikes.  beats freezin' to death though.   were you able to salvage any of
the food in the big freezer in the garage?
Is Raja playing nice w/ the little chicks?


On 12/12/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> Gallons and gallons. It's the kind you see out on farms where they use
> them to fill up tractors and stuff. It's a big silver tank looking thing
> up on a stand. It cost us about $300 to fill it up. Farm discount.
>
>
>
> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> how big is the tank?
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Bell"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ice storms
>
>
> > We drove into work today and my mouth was just hanging open all the way
> > here. Massive amounts of trees down, all over the place. So many
> > beautiful OLD trees just wasted. Trees still in the roads because the
> > clean up crews haven't been able to get to them yet. We are not supposed
> > to get power at home until next week so I'm really glad we got the
> > generator. It uses about a tank of gas an hour - so we stocked up on gas
> > cans and have a big farm size gas tank on our place that is going to be
> > filled up today. This has been a real eye opener. We are no where NEAR
> > as bad as those in New Orleans were - and it's miserable. I can't even
> > imagine what they went through.....
> >
> >
> >
> > Patricia
> wrote:
> > Jesse,
> > I am glad to know you are ok. Living without power is tough. One of the
> > hardest things for me was how quiet it is, but it might not be for you
> > without so many people and animals in the house with you. We had hot
> water
> > and gas logs in the fire place but it was soooo cold in the bathroom
> even
> > with hot water.
> > I hope it doesn't last too long for you. They are saying this is the
> worst
> > disaster ever for Oklahoma. That seems hard to believe but since so many
> > people are affected and it isn't over yet. The prediction for 2-5 inches
> > of
> > snow on Friday and Saturday will not make it any easier.
> > Tricia
> > western ok
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] ice storms
> >
> >
> >> Well, I'm back at work. Our power went off at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. The
> >> only source of heat we had was our wood burning stove. Our town looks
> >> like a massive tornado went through it. We managed to find a big
> welding
> >> generator and hooked it up to the house yesterday so we have heat,
> light
> >> and our refrigerator is working again. Still no hot water yet. Working
> >> on that. It has been a long, hard three days.......nothing like 4-5
> >> kids, the grandbaby, four dogs, a cat and 8 baby chickens all piled on
> >> the floor in front of a stove - all night - for two nights and three
> >> days.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Pam Evans wrote:
> >> No kidding. Haven't heard from Jesse. Hope Tricia is OK too. And
> everyone
> >> in Iowa, heard it hit there today!!
> >>
> >> On 12/11/07, Donna wrote:
> >>>
> >>> maybe we all need to check in - They claim the ice storm is sweeping
> >>> almost the entire mid section of the country... or will soon.
> >>>
> >>> Donna
> >>>
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> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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