20 years ago today

[fasteddie]

20 years ago today we had that nasty Ice Storm . I remember waking up in the middle of the night hearing loud cracking sounds only to look out and see tree limbs breaking . We lost power for a few days but had a wood stove , coleman lanterns and candles . Had a few folks stay with us as they had no heat .

I went in to work at Xerox and did $1500 worth of damage to my van . Didn't even get a thanks for showing up . The Union guys were given a $50 Wegman's Gift Certificate and we management got zip . Less than 25% of the workforce showed up .

[Lawdwaz]

Until that storm, I killed my fair share of spring gobblers on the west side (east facing) of Canadice Lake.  After that storm, as far as I was concerned, they could die of old age .  That was quite a storm.  My uncle has some property south of Hunt Hollow and  also east facing and that was HAMMERED also.

We had our own version of an ice/snow storm here in the Buffalo area in October of 2006.  That one did a bit of damage also!

[MuzzyLoader]

DANG... it doesn't seem possible it was 20 years ago.  I guess time does go faster as one ages.

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I remember that very well, a friend of mine owned a construction company and did logging as well. He and his crew loaded up every piece of equipment he owned and worked out there for nearly 6 months doing clean up and other stuff as a private contractor for NIMO or some major company out that way........................

Hard to believe 20 yrs all ready.

FDXX75

[WNYBuckHunter]

I remember that storm. I woke up in the middle of the night to trees falling into my father's pond and the snapping of limbs all around. We were without power for over a week. I made alot of money after that storm though, I had a chainsaw and cut up the fall downs and branches and trimmed broken trees for alot of people. We also collected up alot of the power lines that RG&E left laying in ditches, cut the insulation off and sold the copper.

[16. ga hunter]

i remember that storm too first time for chiken nuggets off a grill( electric stove) bout a week with no heat. my mom almost burned the house down with the coleman stove... those burners looked like jet motors seven foot flames make sure yo get the tank seald before you light ie don't leave the pump out lol dad had to stay at kodak a few days too