Midwest Ice Storm

Back again. Have been without phone service and computer for over two weeks, due to our recent ice storm.
We were lucky. Only out of power for 5 days. Had a few rough nights, with below zero temperatures. Mind you, we are no Minnesota, but we are also not used to what we got with this storm. At our house, 8 inches of snow and 1.5 inches of ice. Needless to say, everything shut down.
This is the situation that I was so worried about this summer, when the Hurricane Ike outage happened. Our county opened one warming center (care of the Red Cross). 155 people utilized the facility. Many younger families, took in Seniors for a few days. Our Milltown Fire Department went door to door checking on folks. Our Senior Apartments were visited, by their respective fire departments, checking on residents. If you lived out in the country, you were on your own (unless family and friends banded together). It is still my opinion, that we need more organization. Most of the folks at the warming center, were brought there by fire or police.
Most people did not know that the center was open. If citizens were not able to get down the roads, they did not know that many of the small water districts were under "boil only" regulations.
I have less to say about this emergency than the last one, because I could not get out. Therefore, I did not see much first hand.
I have added a few pictures of our place, 3 days after the storm. Enjoy! They look pretty, looking back on them!