It's raining ice!

[thermarest]

I went to college in Iowa and hated the ice storms. Its snowing light and fluffy in Minnesota.

[MacArtist]

[quote kap]MacArtist,

I don't hear from any MR members in other states, i.e. Wyoming, Montana, Dakota, etc. We do have members living in those "hardly ever mentioned" states, don't we?
Kap,

I haven't heard from any in North Dakota or South Dakota. I am originally from Central South Dakota. I went through some terrible winters...and come to think of it; some terrible summers also. The winter of '79-'80; we had over 45 consecutive days below zero. That starts to wear on you.

I moved farther south; but obviously not far enough.

We had a joke back in South Dakota regarding winters: The only people dumber than South Dakotans are North Dakotans. And the only people dumber than North Dakotans are Canadians.

[outcast]

Here up in the Pacific Northwest we are currently under a snow advisory and a high wind watch. The full text of the wind watch is here: http://www.wunderground.com/US/OR/001.html
The part of it that I don't like is the little bit that says,

"The most ferocious winds will occur late Sunday night and Monday morning along the entire South Washington and north and central Oregon coast. Sustained winds are expected to top out from 40 to 50 mph... with peak gusts at the beaches and headlands reaching 100 mph. "

I spent the morning moving all of the plants out of the greenhouses and down into the barn and picking up anything else that may become an interesting projectile come Sunday morning. At this point we are going into this assuming that we will probably lose both of the greenhouses and be without power for a day or so. As long as there is no damage to the house or the barn come Monday afternoon and the end of the storm, we'll consider it an early Christmas present.


outcast

[decocritter]

I am cold just thinking about it.

61 degrees here in Atlanta, leaves and acorns are falling.


Oucast I hope you don't lose your greenhouses. How do you stay warm when the electricity goes out there?

[kanesa]

Madison

We've had almost 6" of very heavy snow and sleet. The sleet felt like a sand storm, it hurt. It was blowing horizontally. Now we are getting the freezing rain on top of this mess.

The weather man just said that it is better to wait and shovel the snow after the freezing rain. But in my opinion the snow is almost impossible to shovel or snow blow because it is so heavy. The snow was already very heavy. I can't imagine a 1/2" of freezing rain on top of it. I spent an hour shoveling and using the snowblower.

Unfortunately I have to work this weekend. So I will have to get up extra early and hopefully get the car unfrozen. When you are in the medical field, the patients need you no matter what the weather.

I hope this storm isn't a harbinger of a bad winter.