Most of the ice in MA had melted by our drive home. However there were still surprisingly many places without power. Up by us, there was still a bit of ice. The roads are mostly cleared. No one really has any idea when we will be getting power back, other than that a couple of nearby towns are mostly back online.
The neighborhood holiday party did happen. I managed to make a well appreciated no-electricity chilli. We’ve gotten to know enough people in the neighborhood that I had fun chatting. Afterward, we went out for a lovely moonlight walk.
The one unfortunate bit is that the landlord’s generator failed this evening. So Tyson and Wes are off to borrow a generator from another neighbor for this evening. It sounds like tomorrow morning, it will get passed on to yet another neighbor.
Sounds “fun.”
I see some people are comparing to the 1998 ice storm, but if it’s melting already then the comparison is overblown.