Freezing Rain, Ice, Dark, Cold, Candles, Heaters, Generators & Lots of Prayer

This is taken the first night of the ice storm on January 12 before we lost our power. It was just starting here and the thermometer was reading about 29 degrees. The little icicles are only beginning to form. This was taken on the deck in the back of our house.

Here is our picnic table starting to show signs of ice buildup. This table came in REALLY handy as we used it to set some of our ice chests on after losing power. It was so nice having it to use.

Our bench on the deck also served as a place to store our ice chests.
We used the chests for over a week to keep food cold, frozen or to store ice.

Here is our little Bald Cypress starting to lean with the ice build up.

Here is our street the day after the storm started. It was still raining and the trees had snapped and broken all during the night. It sounded like canons going off and it kept us awake almost the entire night. The freezing rain started on Friday afternoon - Jan. 12 and at 9 PM we lost our power. Several limbs had fallen but it would get worse as the days of freezing rain continued. You can see some limbs down in the yard next door to our house on the right. This is looking North and our yard is not visible but it is to my right as I am taking the photo. I will be showing more photos tomorrow. I have several to show and will only do a few at a time.