This is the next road over from ours, and a pretty common scene. Believe it or not there's a driveway under that tree!
See it up there?
Oh yeah, her husband is pretty crafty
That was yesterday.
There's a little restaurant behind all those trucks. NH has help coming from as far away as Michigan. I'm not sure where those trucks were from, though I imagine the workers had been up all night.What a shock to wake up to snow! Quite beautiful but not if you don't have power. And these people, like thousands of others, don't.
I headed down to New Castle to get some shots of the sunrise and ocean. When I saw this I didn't think I'd get there. Luckily they re-routed the traffic through a parking lot and into New Castle commons, my exact destination. That was as far as I could go. The rest of the road was blocked off leading to Portsmouth. More trees down I imagine.
Here's another road not to far from where I live. My daughter was so scared for me to drive underneath but everyone else had done it so we did too! If you look in the background you can see a snow covered wire just above the road. We just cleared it as we drove underneath.
As we came to the end of the road we were met with these guys. God love em. They were everywhere and people gave them the right of way.
Formulating a plan I would guess.
The power companies and tree guys seem much more organized and coordinated than they were during the ice storm of December 2008, when some people lost their power for over a week. However, they're telling us it will be several days before everyone has power restored. There's just so much damage from the extremely high winds.
Other blog posts about the storm:
Dog Trot Farm: Wicked Weather
Cape Ann Images: February Fury
Shooting My Universe: The Motion of the Ocean
32 comments:
Mother Nature is sure a powerful old gal! I am ready for Spring, too! Go away winter!
Those power company employees really work hard, and as fast as they can too. Gotta love 'em. We have been lucky and not lost power even once all winter. I think we only had a light coating of ice on our power lines once... *knocks on wood*
Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
Ditto. The springtime cannot move fast enough for me. Hope you have power soon. Say warm. Sea Witch
Wow, that is crazy. I hope no one was hurt!
We had a lot of snow here in NY, but nothing to that effect!
What a mess, Sharon! Those downed lines are always scary, but it looks like lots of help is there to get everything restored. No power in this cold weather stinks!
Wow! Hope they get everyone's power back on soon. With out power in bitter cold temps can get bad. We have had major power outages here more than once.
Stay warm.
That sure is some storm Sharon. I am pleased there was no car parked in that driveway. Winter is the worst time to sit without power too isn't it?
That sure was a heavy storm Sharon. Happy to hear that everything in your place is alright and you are back on power again. There is very heavy weather and flooding in the west of France and Spain since yesterday. Winter doesn't want to leave just yet and we will just have to wait for spring
I can imagine it feels so weary to see this week after week Sharon. God bless the guys who come out and work tirelessly to see that power is restored!
Oh, Sharon. I was wondering how you guys were all doing up there. These photos are excellent and thank you for the links to other bloggers in the area.
Sometimes I wonder why I live in the Midwest, but it's my home...freezing temps, ridiculous amounts of snow, and ugly slush in the Spring. Your pictures were great...Thank God for those who help us!
Oh Lord, Sharon. I think you guys got hit a lot worse than we did. Looks messy up there! Hope it all gets cleared out soon and things get back to normal, with daffodils pushing their way out of the earth! Sincerely, Susan from writingstraightfromtheheart.blogspot.com
Oh my goodnes...you captured mother nature wonderfully! Stay safe my friend!
WOW! I am so sorry you had to go through this....those downed trees look humongous..and I am glad no one was hurt. You took some fantastic photos of the area in distress though...thanks for letting us see it through your lens!
Yikes! I enjoyed all this photos ..setting the scene for what its like there ..what a storm..
guess the wind really made it worse.
Hope it warms up for you real soon Sharon..You are welcome on my sofa anytime if you want to get away from the snow for a bit!:)
Great shots Sharon! I just came home and like there many utility trucks from all over the northeast all around town. It seems like here also the pines didn't weather the storm so well!
Great shots Sharon! I just came home and like there many utility trucks from all over the northeast all around town. It seems like here also the pines didn't weather the storm so well!
wow...that is some storm....
did you say Portsmouth? i think you did....one of my most favorite memories of my trip to new engalnd was having lunch on a rainy day at The Library in portsmouth...and was it ever good...so cozy in there...and then we were off to keene....sigh
I'm so glad to hear you're ok! I guess I've been living in a bubble. I hadn't heard it had gotten that bad up there. We only had rain and mix of snow. I ran into people in town saying the weather here was bad....are you kidding? we got nothing. We are such wimps in Southern NE. You guys are the real deal!!!
Thanks for enlightening me!!!
Hugs and stay warm and safe!
xo...C
It's just so sad to see those big beautiful trees on the ground. We don't have many trees out here in the high desert. It all looks very beautiful. Stay warm!
What a great resource!
i am glad you are with electric now....i didn't realize ya all had such a bad storm up there....i knew about the snow south from you. hubby used to be a lineman.....many years ago. he still works in electrical distribution to make sure those trucks get to the right places. it sounds like maybe some his company's trucks maybe heading north because of this storm. what a headache for everyone. i am like your daughter watch out for those downed lines...yikes! hubby says, don't do that! too.
stay safe.
dj
Wow, Sharon, some of those are massive trees, those were some winds. Great shots!
I heard the winds off the coast were stronger than the lowest hurricae winds. We got the snow, about 16 inches. Mayor had to call off school for the second day in Feb, though he had vowed not to the night before.
I used to wish for big storms like this, because they are so exciting, but as I get older, all I can think is the aftermath! If all the power is restored in less than a week, you will be doing better than Ontario and Quebec did in 1998, when we had the big Ice Storm. Even now, if you do not qualify which ice storm, it is assumed you mean that one. We only lost power a couple hours, but others were without for three weeks, if memory serves.
Wow, looks like the seacoast got hit hard with this one. Feel free to send those trucks over Manchester way when they finish up there!
My Dad lost two 150+ year-old Cedars that flanked our Cape farmhouse in Maine. What a shame. He was nearly in tears when he told me.
Oh Allison, that's really to bad. Tree's have history and people can become very attached. They also can really 'make' a property what it is. I'm sorry : (
Sharon
Wow, we got off very lucky here in the Adirondacks. I am counting my blessings.
My goodness! Hope you're all ok and keeping warm. Fingers crossed spring will reach you very soon! x
Wow! That was quite the storm!
That was quite a storm! Thanks for showing us some photos of the damage. You've got some interesting shots there!
I have a lot of clients who are powerline construction companies and they have been out of state all winter long working to restore power to folks. Very dangerous job.
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