Wednesday, February 11, 2009

ice storm in south missouri

this ice storm in south missouri can not be summed up into words, but if it was the only one that I can think of is tragic. This a pics. of a dog at JD Plunkett's one of the happy customers we got power to while in hytie mo. This was one of the few animals we saw down there. notice the downed powerlines in bottom of the pic.
this is a picture of guess who, yours truly tying in the new powerline
This was a great moment the pole that i am on below has a transformer on it that feeds one light down the street in the town of hayward while tying it in i hooked the light up on the way down. two days later when we turned the power back on to some people, low and behold i see the light come on. talk about a good feeling. the next day on the way to work on another piece of line the words Thank You were wrote on a cardboard box set at the side of the road. Those words made everything worth it.
more pic. of downed poles and some ice

HOME SWEET HOME is what we call this place the first night there. Hope you have enjoyed some picture of the storm.

coming home to the family was the highlight of the whole trip. vance

6 comments:

Finding Joy in the Journey said...

wow! what awesome pictures & what devastation! (you shoulda got a pic of the thank you sign!) prayed for you often while you were gone and guiltily thought of you while i was enjoying life's pleasantries here. God bless you boys' work & sacrifice down there.

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you're home again Vancie! Can't imagine working that hard and getting that little sleep...way to go!
-Lauren

Bree Shaw said...

i am sure seeing how happy you made people made it all worth it. glad you made it back safely. great pics!!

Corin said...

Glad your home safe. Thanks so much for sharing your pictures. I'm glad someone took the time to make that Thank You sign. I'm sure there all thinking it but you guys deserve to hear it once in a while.

Erin said...

Great pictures! Glad you're back home safe and sound...and warm! Can't imagine the relief you brough to so many folks! Good job!

Andrea Frederick said...

I'm glad we were your highlight:) I'm also glad you're back, but really proud of your hard work!