Ice Storm 2011 Hits the Lost and Tired Family

We are4 getting pummeled by a MASSIVE ice storm. I have never seen one this bad.  Lizze and I stepped outside a few minutes ago and in the 5 minutes we were standing out there we witnessed trees literally falling apart and crashing to the ground. We keep hearing things that sound like cannons going off. There are trees (big ones) just falling to pieces. It's actually getting scary because people are losing power and they are saying to expect sustained outages. We have at least an inch of ice on everything. It's become EXTREMELY dangerous. My fear is losing power and heat. The kids won't be able to handle that well. As I'm writing this the power is beginning to flicker. I'm going to finish this from my phone later and…

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Preparations

We have 1 week till Lizze has major surgery. This would require major preparations for any family. However, when you are a special needs family those preparations are significantly more complicated. For the Lost and Tired family that requires multiple locations for the kids to go. We typically breaks the kids up and send 2 to one place and the 3rd to somewhere else. Everything depends greatly on Gavin's current demeanor. Sometimes we need him to go by himself and other time he can go along with Elliott. Emmett is the most difficult right now. He requires CONSTANT attention and I mean CONSTANT. He is all over the place and very often times gets hurt. He is also very aggressive and physically lashes out. We have to make sure whoever…

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Crash Room In Photos

Here are some of the pieces and parts of our make shift crash room. This is the beginning (messy) stage where we are putting everything together and figuring out where it will go. Now we need to work on te calming aspects of the crash room. Posted Via WordPress Android. Powered by Epic 4G & MIDNIGHT ROM

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