I have had similar experiences to many of these. Falling limbs don't "snap" or "pop," when they break off, they BOOM!!!

A number of years ago, I had the branches of a chinese elm directly over my house freeze up in an ice storm.
The sound of the falling branches was very similar to what I would think a chandalere crashing might sound like.

I'm in Broken Arrow. I hope you're doing well!

We were without power for about 55 hours but we still have a LOT of friends that have been without power since early Sunday morning. Big pieces of the whole Tulsa metro area are still without power.

We used flashlights, small electric lanterns and candles for light. I prefer to keep a low profile so one of Honda's small Super Quiet gen's kept the frig on line and a couple of small electric heaters running. We have a gas cook-top, gas hot water heater and gas log fireplace so that helped with heat as well. The DW was surprised how much heat a stock pot full of boiling water puts off.

The local meteorologists gave us plenty of warning. I'm constantly amazed at how many people don't do the simple things like topping off gas tanks and stocking up on simple things like batteries.


Edited to add:
Thank God for a closet full of board games, art supplies, etc. The kids and I also found out that BB guns and icicles are good for HOURS of entertainment!

Looks like Public Service Company of Oklahoma is saying 148,310 of their customers in Northeastern OK are still without power. 143,300 of those customers are in the Tulsa metro area.

PSO has posted some pictures here...http://www.psoklahoma.com/news/

"And for fuel that is easy to store, look at wood pellets. They are a pain to light, but they burn slow while throwing good heat..."

Very true. Easiest way to light: form pile of pellets into a U shape (opening toward you). Light half a Coughlan's firestarter stick and put it in the U. Have a supply of narrow, dry sticks and criss-cross them over the firestarter. If you have some larger sticks, lay them over the U. Works great.

Tip: old, dry cedar fence boards (split) are excellent for starting fires.

Sue