The Ice Storm

On Sunday Mar. 6 the weather forecast was for rain all day- heavy at night and ending early Monday morning with some light snow. It did rain all day- mostly light until evening when it did rain hard at times. The rain melted a lot of the snow. For a long time we had about 2 feet of snow on the deck, but by Sunday night it was down to about 6 inches.
About 8PM on Sunday Jim checked the rain outside and was surprised to find ice on all the trees and bushes. Since this was not expected he thought it would switch to snow earlier than expected. He went to sleep about 11PM but was awakened at 1AM when the electricity went off. He went back to sleep, but kept being awakened during the night by the sound of large tree branches going CRACK!
In the morning it was obvious that a lot of ice had formed- probably about 3/16 inch. All the bushes and trees had drooping branches and many were broken.
It took about 2 hours work to clear the larger branches from or driveway. There is one large tree near the driveway which broke into 2 parts about 15 feet above the ground. One part blocked the driveway and the other part has fallen across the driveway up high and lodged in other trees. That will be a project to handle when weather is better. The electricity came back on about 6PM. It is a real inconvenience not to have electricity. Now heat, not much water, no lights, no internet.
Other areas north and east of us are reported to have been harder hit with many more trees destroyed or heavily damaged. Today, Jim drove a few miles south of our house and just 2 miles away there was no ice.