how my mother got her skylight
when we moved into the house in 1968, my mother decorated our new den in a sort of Spanish/Tudor style -- dark wood floor, dark panelling, stucco and beam ceiling, dark brick fireplace, red and black upholstery on the sofa and lvoe seat. shortly theerafter, she decided the room was "too dark". she wanted a skylight in the room. but with four kids and one salary (my dad made good money, but still...), it wasn't likely that the room would be redone any time soon. fast forward ten years to 1978. the Long Island Ice Storm of janaury 13-14 Light snow spread across the island during the morning on Friday January 13 and continued throughout the day, with most areas averaging around 3 inches of accumulation. During the evening the snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain and eventually turned to all freezing rain which became heavy at times and continued through the night. As the ice accumulated, power outages began to occur during the late evening and towards midnight, they beg...