1.22.2007

iced in

i havent written in forever and so much has happened since i hit the highway before christmas break. i have so much to catch up on and i will try my best to do any of my break justice. the break as a whole has been long and has presented new things to me. if you hadnt heard from all the news reports, springfield missouri got hit really hard by the worst ice storm ever! i have never seen anything like it, it shread ancient trees to nothing but a stick, pulled power lines to be hazardous traps for drivers, whole trees became road blocks, even street light were taken down. the first couple nights i barely slept and just listened to the destruction happen, knowing i could not do anything to stop it. the sound of the limbs breaking and falling through all the iced tree was almost mezmorizing, a rare sound i never want to hear again and likely will never. thankfully our bare house has no trees in the yard so we had no mess to clean up. as i drove around it was depressing to see everything down. its immense impact was/is so indescribable. pictures do little justice to the overwhelming destruction of everything in view, not just the frame of the photograph. we were out of power for eight nights put we were lucky in that some people were out for over two weeks. it definately was a reality check for those days with out internet, cable, and the luxury of your own home. people got really crabby. without all the distractions in our lives it was almost too much for some to handle. anyways... life is trying to return to normal down here, slowly though for sure. once covered lawns of ice and broken limbs are now replaced with high piles of chopped wood along the road.

i have alot more to catch up on: all the books i have read, the new crafts my roommate and i are starting, my chicago trip.... this all may take days.



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