Promolife And The Ice Storm Of 2009

Boy you haven’t lived until the power goes out for days, temperatures dip into the teens every evening, and so much ice collects on surrounding trees that each minute a branch can be heard falling to the ground. Such was the case of the winter storm Promolife just lived through.

Monday, January 26th

Monday evening a rain storm moved into the Fayetteville area. As temperatures went arctic, rain began freezing to the trees.

Tuesday

Throughout Tuesday the rain continued in a downpour. Blades of grass turned crystaline, crunchy to walk on, agonizing for dogs, yet beautiful to watch grow. And then the power went out and what was beautiful from inside the dwelling turned into worry as concern for the building materialized.

With no heat for comfort, or media to occupy the mind, the silence created the ambiance of a slower, less complicated century. And yet, what was happening made life infinitely more complicated.