Ice Storm Check-In Thread
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Comments (6)It took me a couple of days to find a pattern on the web, and then a couple of days sorting through the brush and cutting with my handsaw, then putting the pieces together. I'll admit I did need a little help from my hubby Ted in putting it together at times. I just didn't have enough hands to hold everything together, and I flunked wood shop class in high school. All the patterns I found needed willow to bend for the back and seat, and I didn't have that, so we had to modify the plan to use all hardwood, so nothing had to be bent. The plans I used are basically like this link, but then I changed the back by using 3/4-1" sticks for the back and weaving in a couple of pieces of the same size for the half circle parts. The largest pieces of brush you need are 2" in diameter, so it's not too hard to find that if you have 15 ice storm damaged trees! Here is a link that might be useful: twig chair plans...See MoreIce Storms and winter weather
Comments (7)Hi All - my power has been on since late January 1998. I was without power at my home for 2 weeks in early 1998. It started on the 5th or so of January. I did not have an alternate source of heat, other that electric. I pulled my gas bbq close to my back door, and every morning boiled two pots of water - one to make coffee, and one to do my bird bath. lol. What surprised me, was that as I got colder, I was also more reluctant to leave my home. My friend Sarah invited both me and my puss to come to their home, but at that time they had a kerosene heater in their kitchen and were about to illegally install an 'airtight' unit in their basement fireplace. Since my ex was helping them do this, I would have been said to be in a negative place, to object, or nay-say. I had to call a mutually dear friend to do the nay-saying. btw, the above two things are the biggest cause of deaths in ice/extreme snow storms. People try to heat with heaters that need to operate outdoors, ie: kerosene heaters, gas bbqs - they asphyxiate. Or they illegally install wood boxes in regular fireplaces. This, 1st of all, negates any fire insurance you might have. Also, it increases your risk of chimney fires, as the fire from these are much hotter, causing flue fires. I was at home, reading books by candle light, with my gloves on, and and my lovely Midnight in my crotch - sorry, that's the way it was....anyway, Sarah kicked her DH, and he got timeshare on a generator. He put in onto their High Efficiency gas furnace early every am, and then went around all day, house to house, to put heat into other homes. Because they were on city water and gas hot water heater, Sarah filled every thermos we all owned every am with coffee, cause she could put power from the generator to that plug. OK, Murray could do that. So, Sarah and I could go to work, as our offices, 15 or so minutes from home, had power. Murray spent his touring the generator around. One day, I realized that the grocery store in my mall - which still had power, mind you, had bread ovens. Now the trick here is that they had the heat anyway, they could cook my dinner - so I bought a 5 lb. lasagne, and asked them to put it into the bread oven, in time that I could take it home at 5 pm. You have to remember, that this area had almost never lost power, so had trouble relating. It was the best meal ever. sarah pulled some garlic bread out of the now freezer - the cooler on the back deck- and toasted it to go with the lasagne. We then retired, the 3 of us, to their bed upstairs(OK, minds out of the gutter), where we watched 'The Fugitive' on the TV from their cabin cruiser, with opera glasses, as it was attached to a 12V battery. And that is how I survived that Ice Storm of '98. Nancy. Oh yeah, by the by - a good way to know if your freezer has been compromised: put 6 ice cubes into a small baggie. If they lose their shape, you've lost your food. Again, btw, Nell - this is winter as we know it here. If we are not prepared, shame on us!!!...See MoreSaturday's Post-Storm Check-In Thread
Comments (42)Finally back home after a temporary fix on my heater has it running again. Hope to get seeds out now to everyone promised. Sorry for the setback here. Got my seeds from Remy (Sample Seeds), of Salvia subrotunda, a red flowering subshrub Salvia, that is supposed to reseed here, Frank's Extra Large Dill, a dill that is supposed to be super tall, about 6-10', so wanted to try it. Dill doesn't generally like our hot summers, so usually wilts when it gets hot, so will let you know on this one, Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red', Nicotiana sylvestris, Phlox paniculata New Hybrids, and Victorian Dwarf tomatoe. Will start seeds this week. On Austrian pines, I have two. One is about 20-25' tall, but very fat and squat, the other is about 12-15' tall. They have never lost any branches to ice or other elements so far. But they are so thick, the branches are so heavy and thick, and none of the lower branches have been removed either. I can't foresee them ever going down in a storm because of their sturdiness. Tiny Mama Wild Kitty came up for food yesterday finally. She is so precious. Very small, predominantly white with black spots. We hope to get her spayed this spring or summer (an effort of us neighbors) as she has become more used to contact with humans now and will come to us and let us pet her. Took a very long time. Wish someone would adopt her and Zena, the male Manx, who is very friendly and sweet. Kenna has been very sick with diarrhea, vomiting and chest congestion. I've never seen her down this long. She usually springs back after a couple of days, and it has been 4 or 5 now. The black birds discussed are probably Starlings. They love suet. I have had them on my suet feeder quite a lot, and of course, they tend to scare the other birds away. I have never seen the Cowbirds which don't come to my feeder or suet. They scrounge on the ground for food. especially food dropped by us humans. We had tons of them at Leadership Square when I worked there, because people would drop scraps of their lunch, etc. The grackles don't come to the feeders either. However, the Eurasian Collard Doves will come to scrounge on the ground for seeds or pieces of suet dropped by other birds. I wish I had my little white-breasted nuthatches back, but think all those sparrows scared them off, too. Have a nice day everyone! Susan...See MoreStorm Check-In Thread
Comments (22)Dawn, Thanks for ur concern. We were in the cellar when the bad weather came. Had been planning to be there all afternoon, and when it did come we were safe. We stayed in the cellar nearly an hour. That's a long time down there, more than you usually have to stay. I'm 3 1/2 mi so of town and did not have any damage per se. It hailed for such a long time. Usually hail comes and goes in about a couple of mins., but this never really got wound up and just hailed for quite some time. I did have some garden damage. I have my tomatoes in 6x6" crw made into tunnels and it makes it hard to cover them for hail, but we had all the usual suspects in the garden for hail duty. dishpans, 5 gal buckets, discarded flower pots, wheelbarrows, plastic soda cases, old plastic ice cream buckets, and more. The coffee (1 gal) cans are too small, as the tomatoes have outgrown them. As of (Friday evening) we are expecting more of the same. Am about to report to the garden to replace the buckets. I told Betty today that I have nearly worn the tomato plants out covering and ucovering them for the hail, curling them up in the coffee cans when they were smaller. A small sidebar for you all. Of course the TV Stations were here interviewing people all over town. One dumb lady said (BOLDLY) to the TV camera "we didnt have any warning"....That's a little rediculous as I knew it was coming for 2 days. Best of luck to all of You. Bill...See MoreAmyinOwasso/zone 6b
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