A trip to our house in Johnson (between Springdale and Fayetteville) confirmed the reports I had gotten: The Epic Ice Storm of 2009 devastated our backyard trees and caused minor damage to the house. A couple of the trees looked like they have enough branches remaining to make a lopsided recovery, so I guess that’s good. And the shed that sits amongst the trees appeared to have not been hit at all. Limbs and branches surround it like it was protected by an invisible force field.
Our place was smack in the middle of a west to east swath that got the most icing. Rogers and Bentonville to the north and southern Fayetteville to the south apparently weren’t hit as hard as Tontitown, Springdale and points east. The area looks like a tornado came through and only hit the trees. I didn’t see any houses with extreme damage, though I’m sure there are some around.
Our neighborhood, which is just north of the Northwest Arkansas Mall, had power, though much of Springdale was still dark. My buddy Kurt in Tontitown was making do with a generator at his place.
I guess we are lucky, it could have been worse. The big parts of the trees that fell over into our neighbors’ yards could have gone the other way and hit our house. But it’s going to be a pain dealing with the insurance people and cleaning up the debris, considering I now live 2.5 hours away.
The weird birch-like tree in the front was totaled.
These photos were shot with my iPhone.
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Don’t think I going to clean-up till this weekend either. I got a chain saw, you bring the beer, we’ll have a good ale fashion redneck “saw&burn” and drunk.
“ole fashion”
“ol’ fashion” not “Olé”, a Spanish word used to express approval, for example at sporting events and especially bullfighting.
yes I am bored at work.