Expensive Beauty

The recent ice storm caused our neighborhood  to be turned into a crystal garden with every strand of grass, bush or tree covered with solid inch thick covering of ice. When the sun shone through this magic picture we were treated to a spectacular vista only seen when nature puts on this deadly show of power.

It is only when the ice melts and the damage assessed that we realize that fully 20% of our forest covering has been destroyed or damaged and will take years to correct. During the week long ice show many people were held hostage as power was knocked out and people suffered tremendous hardships.

People living in high rise condos were mostly bound to their rooms ans elevators were out nd without power there was no heat or use of many of the necessary tools needed to have a life. People in rural areas were hard hit as roads were blocked, power was lost and when power is lost farmers fear for their livestock.

All this mess shows us once more the power of nature and our inability to cope with natural disasters. Because we have not maintained our power grid in a manner where trees are not permitted to overhang the wires we will always be faced with this problem

It was powerful, dangerous, destructive and beautiful all at the same time.

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