One year in Greensboro NC there was an ice storm where 6!!! inches of ice covered half the state. Millions lost power. I watched what looked like the US bombing in Dessert Shield from my balcony as power plant after power plant was being annihilated by the surrounding trees or just the weight of the ice.
I started a crock pot batch of chicken soup and went to bed thinking any time my power would be out. Woke up the next morning to the smell of chicken soup. Huh? My kitchen light was still on too. There was a small island in Greensboro that did not lose power. How? I do not know. My apartment complex had underground lines but main roads nearby had overhead. From Stateville (west 100+ miles) to Oxford (east 150+ miles) to the VA line to Charlotte almost everybody was out of power.
Besides seeing cars, trees, lawn furniture etc encased in a half foot of ice, the crazy part was at my job everybody was at work the next day like it was just a normal day.
I started a crock pot batch of chicken soup and went to bed thinking any time my power would be out. Woke up the next morning to the smell of chicken soup. Huh? My kitchen light was still on too. There was a small island in Greensboro that did not lose power. How? I do not know. My apartment complex had underground lines but main roads nearby had overhead. From Stateville (west 100+ miles) to Oxford (east 150+ miles) to the VA line to Charlotte almost everybody was out of power.
Besides seeing cars, trees, lawn furniture etc encased in a half foot of ice, the crazy part was at my job everybody was at work the next day like it was just a normal day.