Good grief, does nobody there own a chainsaw? That road would’ve had one lane passable the first day down here, so long as the downed powerlines weren’t live. Look on the bright side, it took down your leaners, diseased trees and weak branches. Good firewood next year, and less work come the next ice storm.
Good Grief - THAT road was only ones of hundreds - ALL our roads were like that! and lots of power lines involved - MANY MANY linemen and trucks working 17 hour shifts.
Takes time to clear every road for counties wide - They had roas passable real qick - but clearing the lines and restoring power took time - sheech - They were up on the booms in front of my houe at 2 in the morning, lopping off the tops of trees to free up and restore lines...
You ever been in an ice storm of this magnitude that covered the whole state and everything in it in a thick coat of ice - all the trees weighted down to the ground. (The unusual thing about this ice storm is that there's not been one day warm enough, since, to melt the ice and get it off the trees - so tress continue to break and crash down