**Read Part I and Part II of my journal or just click on “Ice Storm ’09” on the right in Categories**

By now, you all know that we’ve had a crazy ice storm, like, so-crazy-it-should-be-in-a-straightjacket kind of crazy. But thankfully, life as we know it is returning back to the normal day-to-day operations. Most of the area has had power restored, but there are still plenty of power trucks around here. People are cleaning up the messes in their yards and there are just miles of piles of limbs, trees, brush, you name it, along the streets. And so I give another shout-out to the city and county workers who will be cleaning up these messes because you guys have a lot of work of ahead of you too.

And to those businesses who have been so helpful in cleaning up, a big thank you to you too. Especially those who aren’t price gouging. I have heard of a few astronomical price quotes for clean-up and tree-trimming and it’s just sad. I understand supply and demand even though I loathed economics in college, but c’mon, let’s not rob people. Like I said, it was only a couple of quotes, but for the most part, most have been reasonable, some even doing work for free! Free is always good, especially when it comes from the goodness of the heart.

With that said, I will leave you with more images from around Hayti. God Bless.

Hayti City Park

Going North on N. 4th St: Hayti High School, Homes, Cemetery

Drooping wire on west side of Hayti Jr. High and view of Woodlawn Cemetary in the background

West side of Hayti Jr. High behind tree

East View of Cleveland from N. 4th St.: Cemetery on Left, Hayti Jr. High on Right

Hayti Mathis Elementary

Cleveland St. between N. 4th St. and Gayoso

This wire in the middle is completely frozen straight in the water!

A shot of an ice-covered wire through my sunroof as we drove under it!

Kristina Reed St.

More images to come