this is horrible

[carolina-rig-01]

my god this is unbelievable. this past weekend we had a storm that dropped 5 inches of ice on us and things got out of hand quick. hundreds of thousands of people are without power and have been for several days. electric companys are saying it could take as long as 16 days to get it all back on. did i mention that it got down to -4 lastnight and the high was somewhere around 15. my wife and i are lucky so far we haven't lost power but we did lose cable and the internet for a few days. we got them back today and the power is still flickering. the roads are a death trap. thank god for my brand new 4x4 f-150. what few power lines that are still up you could litterally step over them, and the majority are laying on the ground. if you get out away from the cities it is like a friggin bomb went off. absolutley no tree tops, they are all on the ground. 3 mile lines a gas stations, and generators..yeah right there are waiting list so long it will be july before everyone on the list gets one. thank god we still have power. oh and it is supposed to start doing this all over again sunday. if you don't hear from me for awhile just assume i lost power. well....wish us luck.