@_@ The ents are pissed at us.
Feb. 16th, 2003 04:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angelcidewell, it's 5:00 a.m.
and I'm awake. I am awake because the trees in our yard are staging a rebellion. At approximately 4:00 a.m. this morning, a very distressed larry poked his head into my room & said in his loudest larry voice: "get up we have to move the cars" this of course did not properly register until larry explained" the trees are covered in ice & falling all over town." covered in ice?
Nutty as it sounds, yes the trees are covered in Ice & since the wind has kicked up, have been breaking & falling all over town. They've fallen on powerlines, cars, streets. a lot of people have lost thier power, and I am amazed we haven't. ( knock on wood).
But I digress: So I trudge out of my nice warm bed & find coat & shoes to go move my car.
Getting out the door was a rick, and I sort of skidded down to my car & baet on the door until the 1/2 inch of ice cracked enough for me to pull it open.
That was realatively painless. Now for the REST of the cars. Andy moved his with ease, and larry pulled his litle red pickup around( though it did slide for the most part) and then Larry moved the caddilac.
satisfied the cars were safe, I retreated under the porch ." We have to move the dodge" larry called to Andy who was dragging fallen limbs away from the driveway.
I decided to forgo bed & assist in moving the dodge.....which turned out to be an experirnce.
First the dodge hasn't moved for about a month. Second it was likewise covered in ice. we pounded, and scraped, and pounded at the doors, but no luck. they wouldn't budge.
larry climbed in through the back hatch & decided to work at he tiny back window & see if he could get in.
andy went off omewhere & I continued to whack & pull at the passenger door.
During a break in my efforts I heard the distinct squealing of a laden tree branch overhead. I looked up, hoping I was mistaken in that there was only a small tree above us, an it as leaning away from the house.
AGian: No sucjh luck.
One of the biggest trees in the yard loomed over us. Larry ( in thr truck) cursed & continued to pry...but that tree & I were having a stare down...it squeaked first.
Quite scred by the prospect of a limb as big around as my chest hurtling from onhish to kill me in one icy squish, I continued beating & chizzling at the door of the dodge. Andy, and larry grunted & cursed at the back window, until the passenger door gave. opening the door & scxooting in quickly, we moved the dodge.
But I think we pissed the trees off.
Since I've come inside A LARGE limb has battered the kitchen roof, and several assorted smaller ones are commiting suicide agianst the roof & the sides of the house.
>.>;;;
I think this is tree revenge.
and they say we're getting 7 inches of snow.
Wee.
if I don't call anyone in 2 days, tell me mommy I love her.
and I'm awake. I am awake because the trees in our yard are staging a rebellion. At approximately 4:00 a.m. this morning, a very distressed larry poked his head into my room & said in his loudest larry voice: "get up we have to move the cars" this of course did not properly register until larry explained" the trees are covered in ice & falling all over town." covered in ice?
Nutty as it sounds, yes the trees are covered in Ice & since the wind has kicked up, have been breaking & falling all over town. They've fallen on powerlines, cars, streets. a lot of people have lost thier power, and I am amazed we haven't. ( knock on wood).
But I digress: So I trudge out of my nice warm bed & find coat & shoes to go move my car.
Getting out the door was a rick, and I sort of skidded down to my car & baet on the door until the 1/2 inch of ice cracked enough for me to pull it open.
That was realatively painless. Now for the REST of the cars. Andy moved his with ease, and larry pulled his litle red pickup around( though it did slide for the most part) and then Larry moved the caddilac.
satisfied the cars were safe, I retreated under the porch ." We have to move the dodge" larry called to Andy who was dragging fallen limbs away from the driveway.
I decided to forgo bed & assist in moving the dodge.....which turned out to be an experirnce.
First the dodge hasn't moved for about a month. Second it was likewise covered in ice. we pounded, and scraped, and pounded at the doors, but no luck. they wouldn't budge.
larry climbed in through the back hatch & decided to work at he tiny back window & see if he could get in.
andy went off omewhere & I continued to whack & pull at the passenger door.
During a break in my efforts I heard the distinct squealing of a laden tree branch overhead. I looked up, hoping I was mistaken in that there was only a small tree above us, an it as leaning away from the house.
AGian: No sucjh luck.
One of the biggest trees in the yard loomed over us. Larry ( in thr truck) cursed & continued to pry...but that tree & I were having a stare down...it squeaked first.
Quite scred by the prospect of a limb as big around as my chest hurtling from onhish to kill me in one icy squish, I continued beating & chizzling at the door of the dodge. Andy, and larry grunted & cursed at the back window, until the passenger door gave. opening the door & scxooting in quickly, we moved the dodge.
But I think we pissed the trees off.
Since I've come inside A LARGE limb has battered the kitchen roof, and several assorted smaller ones are commiting suicide agianst the roof & the sides of the house.
>.>;;;
I think this is tree revenge.
and they say we're getting 7 inches of snow.
Wee.
if I don't call anyone in 2 days, tell me mommy I love her.
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Date: 2003-02-16 07:33 am (UTC)I couldn't get the car to the house, though. Lenore is parked way up the street in a safe spot. There are no trees above her. I drove around for half an hour or so just to find that spot. No way I was parking her under a tree.
I do hope you survive without too much damage. Call me later if you like. We'll swap horror stories. *grin*
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Date: 2003-02-16 12:41 pm (UTC)I certainly hope you and everyone else is alright by the end of this. Because the FUCKING HUGE SHROUD OF ETERNAL DAMNATION AND DARKNESS that has covered the eastern coast doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, dropping rain and snow and misery in it's rumbling wake. If you look at a doppler map of the United States' current weather situation, it looks like a rushed Color Theory project where the acrylic paints all smeared on the right side.
This proves an important point:
God (or whatever prospective deity is sitting on high) is not so much a detached clockmaker or loving weaver of destinies as he is a shitty art student.
Love you much, and hope you're okay.
~B