Another ice storm (January 30-February 2, 2023)

First, rain. Then about 3/4 inch of ice coating trees, cars, trash cans. 

Trees, heavy with ice, toppled onto power lines leaving several hundred thousand residents without electricity.

By February 1, our electricity was out. We closed off the kitchen to try to keep at least one room warm.

A little heat, a little light. The electricity would be out for 47 hours.

The inside temperature dropped to 48 degrees.

Our neighbor's elm tree split under the weight of the ice. A half inch of ice can add hundreds of pounds to a tree limb.

Trash cans were frozen shut. No biggie since there was no trash pickup.

Some trees bent, some trees broke.