God, am I happy to see you guys.

[Jamos]

Starting last week there was one hell of an ice storm. Most of the state was without power for quite a while. I just happened to be SOOO lucky to be at work when power went out here. Wal-Mart's back up generater only lasts a couple of hours. So I was stuck with the longest, darkest work day ever. I was there when power went out in September, but it wasn't off for near as long. Was so depressing watching all of the cold food go bad. When my day was over I drove through horrible driving conditions to my grandparents. You would think that my experience with a tornado would make me less reckless, wouldn't you? Nobodies cellphones were working, either. Luckily, nothing bad happened of that. The next day everyone I knew was out of power and we had to go to a shelter. There is no experience like it. Everyone smells and everyone is cranky. The worst part of the whole deal was trying to sleep. God! The babies crying, the people chatting, the snorting, the heater that sounds like a cart being pushed from one side of the room to the other and slamming into the wall... making the babies wake up and cry again. No longer in that damned place, but I'm still without power. Guess I'll stop here. Just getting stuff off my chest. For those who will ask how I'm posting, I am using someone elses computer.

[Valkysas]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Hi!

um...

sucks to be you.

*hugs*

[Riotsword]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

That sucks. Hope everything gets sorted out there soon.

Also, welcome back(?)

[Zeroth]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Glad you're okay.

[Red Dragon]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

I was in an ice storm around ten years ago with my family.

Stuck without power for 7 days with nothing to do but play gameboy.

Wasn't fun.

[Zeroth]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Gameboy wasn't fun? How could Gameboy not be fun?

[Duel]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Thank goodness the tentacles and the giant flying bugs didn't get you.

[Denmo]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Or the crazy religious people.

That sucks JamJams. Here's hoping it doesn't get worse.

[Bon]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

We had an ice storm 10 years back, and we'd pass the time telling stories of our past experiences. Why doesn't your family do that, man?

[Toaster]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

He lives with his mother...

[Valkysas]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Gameboy wasn't fun? How could Gameboy not be fun?

He had no power, and the gameboy wasnt backlit.

How could you possibly have fun in that situation.

[Zeroth]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Simple, you sit by a window to see the screen, and then proceed to have fun. Ta-dah!

Note: The above post was sarcasm.

[Jamos]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Thank goodness the tentacles and the giant flying bugs didn't get you.

Or the crazy religious people.

The shelter was in a church so you are both wrong. ...

Seriously though, it was pretty freaky. An unheard of storm happening and a couple of days later it was pretty damn foggy. I was all like "Jesus Christ! I'm in a goddamn Steven King movie! I am totally ****ed!" My grandma was thinking the same thing. Didn't help that we were keep hearing these noises. The ice storm caused trees to lose their limbs rather often. I don't think there was a tree in the state that wasn't damaged. Some of the poor things were split down the middle. Never felt sorry for trees until now. We never get weather like this. Its like a tsunami in Michigan... it doesn't happen.

[Nixon]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

Try to stay warm, Dingus. I hope your power is restored soon, and things can return to normal.

Your shelter experience sounds ****ty. I don't know how I'd sleep in a place like that.

[Funk]

Re: God, am I happy to see you guys.

We're happy to be here for you to see!