Ice Storm Warning - please pray for us! 2 pic added #54 & 59

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm glad to hear you are safe with power. During bad weather I always feel so bad for animals stuck out in the weather! Those birds look hungry!

[Dorothy39]

Oh Lordy Moff~

I didn't know that birds would eat Meow Mix!!!( that's Crazy~ but Cool )

I've got so many Bird Friends~ Mourning Doves, Juncos, Naughty Blue Jays, Sparrows, Cardinals , Woodpeckers, Nut Hatches, etc, who insist that I maintain the offerings!!! And, of course, I deliver the goodies~

We've received some freezing rain, and a few inches of snow to boot, so, all my Birds have been eager to see what I'll do about it!!! :eek

What a Great Picture!!!!! ( Do you supply after dinner mints as well?)

[jackmilliesmom]

Glad to hear you are ok on the news over here they are saying that hundreds lost their lives in the ice storms is this true if it is god bless their souls, and glad you and your animals can share with the wild animals in your area.

Warm thoughts still winging their way to you.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

So far 40 people have died that I've heard about. There very well could be more that they find after they get power back on.
There are hundreds of thousands without power and the temps are in the single didgets at night. The wind chill was way below zero all night too.

I'm so grateful I have power. Thanks again for all your prayers.
I'm sure that's why we didn't get hammered as bad as Missouri because the radars showed us right in the middle of the ice track yet somehow the worse stuff missed us.

Sorry, Dorothy39, no mints served to birdies here!!!! They need to go somewhere else for dessert!

Looky what I just found sampling the Meow Mix!!!
I've been trying to make friends with this big guy since I moved here. He will have nothing to do with me, however.
At least he's getting a snack!

[borzoimom]

I am glad to hear all is well.
The news is bad on our end- I am glad to see you are safe and warm- I pray they get the power on for the rest soon!

[pitc9]

Glad to see some good news after the bad!
I'm sure they don't mind being out in the weather for the snacks you put out!

My sister is in South West Missouri and feel lucky she was only with out power for about a day and a half.

[Randi]

I'm glad you're safe and have power. How of your cats to share with the wild birds, they are having a hard time finding food I bet.

What a gorgeous black boy you have there - how close is he? In a few days, he'll be even closer if you keep feeding him. Is he a stray, or does he belong to someone? By the look of his ear, it seems that at some point he has been in a fight with another kitty - Fister's look the same.

[king2005]

I just got shivers up & down my spine when I read ice storm. The 1998 ice storm I went through was horrible. Missed school for about a month & many people had no power & no water for 6-8 weeks. Most of the trees were broken to bits, or bent over touching the ground.

Many pets lost due to no heat & owners not being able to get to them. I had to walk about 15km to & from my friends place to feed & water her dog & try to keep her little animals alive... Only the dog survived, as we locked him in a small room, so his body heat kept him warm. Once the car was able to get to the house, he was removed & put in the hotel in town.

Oddly only 1 person died & that was due to a HUGE tree falling onto their motor home & killing them. Thousands & thousands of people were effected aswell, but a good chunk of the area was forest & not city. I was in a small town & trapped in there. The town recovered quickly, but we were litterly prisoners in our own town.. all outside roads were closed with hundreds of trees on the HWYs.

Our weather was as cold as -50C, which is about -50F for WAY too long. But our homes are designed to -50, so it wasn't too big of an issue even with no power.


I wish your area the best & a speedy recovery

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I'm glad you're safe and have power. How of your cats to share with the wild birds, they are having a hard time finding food I bet.

What a gorgeous black boy you have there - how close is he? In a few days, he'll be even closer if you keep feeding him. Is he a stray, or does he belong to someone? By the look of his ear, it seems that at some point he has been in a fight with another kitty - Fister's look the same.

Randi, I think he's a stray. He runs away if I get too close to him. He is finding food somewhere though. When I first saw him he was a skinny little fellow. Now he would make two of Chester.

Thanks everyone. We are pretty much prisoners in our homes right now. All this sleet and rain has frozen solid and the sidewalks can't be cleared because it is so thick. The road out front of my house is clear but we can't get to it because of the thick ice between the houses and it. Well, at least I can't. I can't risk falling because I can't get up if I do.

At least it's sunny today!!!

[cassiesmom]

Oh MOFF - I was just coming to check on you ... #54 made me smile and #59 made me laugh out loud! Cassie leaves the little "bits" of dry food in the bottom of her dish - she only likes the whole pieces. So I throw those outside for the geese and squirrels to eat. I'm glad you are doing okay. We saw a reporter on the news last night who said his drive from Dallas to Oklahoma City, normally about 3 or 3 1/2 hours, took him 7 hours. Chicago dodged it once again - we got just a dusting of snow last night, but now the temperatures are dropping into single digits overnight. It's only mid-January and I am ready for warmer weather.

[lvpets2002]

UpDate in Texas is **** WE WOKE UP WITH SNOW FINALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE ** WOO HOO **** && nOW its trying to Sleet & of course all be Frozen all day.. I have pictures && now need time to post them all..