Went walking today, and looked hard at the clean up from the January storm, the ice that loaded, bent and broke many trees and bushes. Followed by wet heavy snow, more ice, more breaking and trees falling down on power lines and roads. And when it couldn't get any worse, the power out and cut off from help, the wind started really coming on toppling the weak...
First they clear the roads, and the power crews hustle out to make repairs and re-establish service. People shiver in the cold, unless they have a gas fire place or a wood burning one. Danger is mentioned on trying to use charcoal for cooking and heat inside the home, or even garage. But it is mentioned on television, which are not on without electricity. It take time but they keep working and the schools open back up, the buses run, the power comes back on, and life resumes. Individual clean up continues but unless you have a chain saw, a wood burning stove or heater, much is left for later clean up when it get warmer.
Over a month of could be cleaner, and it still isn't all done. I worked on the back garden yesterday. I have some trimming of the broken azaleas to get to, then attack the broken branches behind the fence that are putting pressure on it. Takes time to make it right, but we have time, the television isn't on.
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