Ice Storm
This month and my life
are nearly done.
Sun strengthens in the sky
but birds ice up
in spite of feathers,
fluffed like eider downs.
Man alone,
within warm walls,
can bravely laugh
at winter’s squalls.
But oh, if the power fails,
if wires are tumbled
by winter’s gusting gales,
man’s heart no longer
fills with ease.
He sits at home
in the cold and dark
while all around him,
ice covers the land
and even fire dogs
freeze.
rogermoorepoet 
I am glad to know the outcome of this one as well! We are finally supposed to get some accumulating snow over night tonight. But I will believe it when I see it. It feels like spring at the moment.
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We had overnight snow and even more is forecast for tomorrow. The schools were shut today. Once again we missed the worst of it. Finally, after two weeks, power has been restored to the Acadian Peninsula. What a nightmare.
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Wow! That’s an awful long time to be out of power! Finally!
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We went 10 days during Hurricane Arthur (July, 2014), but that was the summer. We said then that such a storm in winter would be crippling. There were 4 inches of ice on some of the wires up North. No wonder the poles came down. They tumbled like Dominoes. Many snapped, though some just sagged.
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And our news is so self centered, we haven’t heard a word about it!
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Well, I’m not surprised. Your current news forms a series of linked earthquakes that are shaking the world. Our weather is a very minor factor in comparison. We have been lucky, as I say, and most of the heavy weather has missed us his time around. Long may it continue! Not that I would wish the bad weather on anyone.
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It is a series of earthquakes… sometimes I can’t watch.
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A great many people in Canada are feeling that way, Meg. “The old order changeth lest one good custom should corrupt the world …” However, the loss of comfort zones, the feeling of absolute confusion, the vanishing of well-established standards, the establishing of new and sometimes very provocative changes in values … many are in shock. Brexit has brought the same kind of thing to Britain and Europe.
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You are right, Roger. I hope that we are strong enough to weather this and come out the other side.
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The weather has been unseasonably mild here all winter. Ice is good for the use though
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12 days without power, -32C overnight on the Acadian Peninsula … they have brought in the army … emergency powers … we are ok and never lost power … thank the lord …
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My God that is cold…hope the thaw sets in soon
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We are in for a warming trend this week. Hopefully the north of the province will find their situation easing steadily.
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Hopefully Roger… keep good and warm
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If the power fails…we have become so reliant on things, haven’t we?
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Can’t live without it. We have lost power a couple of times, once for 10 days. Great to know who your friends are in difficult times. We got wired for a small generator after that one.
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10 days would have been a long time…
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It was. Hurricane Arthur in July 2014. Luckily it was the summer. Equally luckily, many of the old wires and dangerous poles and trees came down at that time, laving us better prepared for future winter storms. I fear for the people of the Acadian Peninsula, where I have many friends. 45,000 homes still without power (since Tuesday) and -8C on the temperature scale.
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That is dangerous…best wishes their way.
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There have been a couple of deaths. The videos are horrific.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ice-storm-nb-power-outages-1.3954111?cmp=news-digests-new-brunswick
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I would rather have feet of snow than ice…so dangerous. You keep warm, Roger.
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No problem here, Tanya. We didn’t get hit that badly and didn’t lose power. Thanks for the good wishes, though, always appreciated. They help keep me warm!
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Always, Roger. Glad to hear you are away from the worst of it.
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