As I was walking ShadowDog Christmas Eve around 6pm, I heard voices and look over to a near-by parking lot, it was five of the bucket trucks working the Augusta area regrouping and talking to dispatch. Late tonight, a friend of mine who works for CMP as ‘essential personal’ will be coming to my house to catch a few hours of sleep after working part of Christmas Day.
Over the past 36-40 hours, Maine has been hit with an ice storm. As significant as this one is and almost was, it has to be put in perspective and so far this is isn’t anything close to what it was like nearly 16 years go with the ‘Ice Storm of 1998’. I'm sure if you’re out of power today, saying it was worse back then doesn’t really mean anything. To those who have no power now I hope Central Mai