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

[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!!!

[king2005]

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!!!

Do you have a bag of salt? Start dumping it ontop of the ice right outside your door.. then try tossing some down the walk way.. once the ice is crunchy, you can beat it with a sludge hammer... that was my fav part of cleaning up the mess

[sandragonfly]

in my prayers, moff. I understand about being a prisoner! seen my general thread yet? we all got stuck inside the house yesterday -- that's one major good thing to have pets!! all those cuddles, huggles and snuggles ..cozy and cozy.

be careful, hope this will get over quickly too.

[Kfamr]

Oh man, how scary. And people have lost thier lives due to the ice storm...


I have to say, although very frightening and sad, those are some beautiful pictures that have been posted.

[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..

[gini]

Connie, I am so glad that you are alright and not without power. I loved your pictures - and your "new friend" is very handsome. But, just like Randi, I noticed that he has a few battle scars on his ear. Mr. Rascal has an ear that looks like that too - he just loves the good fight and hates being an indoor cat because of it.

I love the Birdie Buffet!

Stay warm and safe - and here's come hugs for you too.

[lizbud]

Connie, I am so glad that you are alright and not without power. I loved your pictures - and your "new friend" is very handsome. But, just like Randi, I noticed that he has a few battle scars on his ear. Mr. Rascal has an ear that looks like that too - he just loves the good fight and hates being an indoor cat because of it.

I love the Birdie Buffet!

Stay warm and safe - and here's come hugs for you too.

Some rescue groups who practice TNR ,notch the ear of the cat after it
is spayed/neutered so that they can tell them from the others they still need to catch. If he ever gets closer to you maybe you can check him out.

Take care Moff, just stay inside & stay warm. That ice has to melt sometime, right?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Take care Moff, just stay inside & stay warm. That ice has to melt sometime, right?

I'm beginning to doubt it!!!

We are to have snow flurries this afternoon and snow this weekend!!! They haven't said how much yet but are just saying "several inches".

My sidewalk is still iced over from this storm. My neighbor kid couldn't get it off. Plus the city buried us in at the curb with about 2 feet of the stuff they scraped off the street. It's frozen too.

No mail has been delivered since Friday and, while I have plenty of food, I have visions of having to have an air drop of chocolate over my house like the poor cows out in Colorado had for food!!!

Good news is they think it will be above freezing tomorrow (by about 3 degrees). It won't have time to get off before the next round though.

sigh!

[Logan]

Connie, I have been wondering about you, but haven't checked in as I need to!

I'm glad you still have power and I do hope there is an end to this mess in sight!!!!

Hang in there!

Logan

[lizbud]

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No mail has been delivered since Friday and, while I have plenty of food, I have visions of having to have an air drop of chocolate over my house like the poor cows out in Colorado had for food!!!

No Chocolate

I guess we could mail in a relief supply if the mail can get through.