Anyone here caught in the ice storm?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I just saw pictures of Arkansas - it was just awful. Pouring down rain there and its all freezing.

We just barely got missed here in Kansas City. But there is absolutely nothing worse than a bad ice storm in the dead of winter. Power out and temperatures in the teens. Its just awful. Happens here about every 4 years.

[H2O Man]

1. Not yet.

But it looks like it is heading this way.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Where are you?

Looks like its heading for the east coast.

What a mess.

[H2O Man]

9. Upstate NY.

Above Binghamton. We have about 12 hours before the snow hits, then -- if the reports I've heard are correct -- the ice will come. I'm prepared, but would prefer it didn't hit here hard enough to take the electric out.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. Ah, shoot. That sounds awful.

[dkofos]

2. It's on it's way to north Texas.

The temp is just above freezing but is dropping.

[madinmaryland]

3. We've gotten about an inch of snow here. Just north of DC.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. We just got some snow - just a little. And it is really cold.

But I will take that anyday over ice. In fact i will take just about anything over ice. I just have a little tiny house and no heat is awful.

[madinmaryland]

17. We'll probably get ice tonight and tomorrow.

:ugh:

[MiniMe]

35. Yup. I'm up in Gaithersburg, north and west of the city

I brought a bunch of work home with me just in case it's bad in the morning. It sounds like it is sleeting now.

[SheilaT]

5. Ice storms. Kansas City. Oh, yes.

I lived through my share of them there. Luckily, where I lived in Overland Park we never lost power during any severe weather event. Never. Counted myself extremely lucky for that.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I have lot power about 4 times I think. Last winter I was out

for about 24 hours. That isn't too bad except that it turned so cold out - I think it was down in the teens and I had no heat or lights. I ended up in a motel and put my animals up at the vets.

There is nothing quite like a house with no power in the dead of winter. It just feels awful - everything is cold.

[lapfog_1]

23. Grew up in Overland Park...

moved to Shawnee when I was 10. Lost power all the time with Ice Storms.

But I also got some of the most beautiful photos too. I have a series that I took when I was at KU near Potters Lake, every tree twig had buds of flowers and leaves and was coated in an 1/2 inch or more of ice.

Like this one (not mine, but similar):

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. One year all the trees ended up coming out twice.

The first time they all froze - ice came after all the plants were budded out. No spring flowers that year. But the trees will come out a second time - so they just come out way late.

[Still Sensible]

7. Yes in Tulsa & Broken Arrow

We have about 1.5 inches from freezing rain covering everything and it is now sleeting. Temperature is 19 degrees.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. Are you OK? Does your power go out in storms?

Some places have underground utilities and they always do a lot better than my neighborhood.

[Still Sensible]

26. So far this storm isn't as severe as the Dec 2007 one

where we did lose power (some for weeks) and had incredible loss of trees. No power loss yet where I am, but there is a small area in the county currently without. In the '07 storm we had more than 1 million without power at one time.

[Still Sensible]

8. Delete - dupe

[Earth_First]

11. We're expecting the same storm to dump 10" tonight over Western, NY

Good luck with everything!

We had a devastating ice storm here about a decade ago. Two weeks before everything was restored and business as usual didn't occur for almost a month.

I'd much rather take the foot of snow...

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Oh yea. Snow is not nearly as bad.

Well, except like Spokane this year. My brother lives there and they had 60 inches on the ground. Roofs were falling in. But they did all right. They never lost power.

[pipi_k]

28. Yeah, I would rather have the snow too

I'm in Western Mass...one of the Hilltowns hit by the ice storm in December. We lost power for four days. Generator crapped out after 20 minutes. Marine batteries hooked up to pellet stove died after 12 hours. We ended up hooking one of the vehicles up to a power inverter and running it in the driveway to supply power to pellet stove and fridge for the remainder of the time.

Got generator fixed in the meantime, and we're now prepared for the worst.

But anyway, yeah...a foot of snow is way better than two inches of ice.

:scared:

[snappyturtle]

12. We're here 125 miles west of Austin, TX and the temp has dropped

ten degrees in the last hour(40)...supposed to be 32 degrees by noon, 18 mph winds and it's raining...so I guess we'll get some ice too. Have a couple errands to run pronto. I've only seen one 'ice storm' since I've lived here (2 1/2 years) and we were homebound for three days and interstate ten was closed. Kerrville was a parking lot for the semi-trucks. I don't think there's salt or the equipment here to do anything but wait it out. Makes me a bit nervous driving with people who aren't familiar with ice. I'm from northern MN and I have seen and had to drive in pretty awful conditions but at least there most are well seasoned in the driving department. BUT, since we haven't seen rain for almost three months I am very happy to see the moisture!

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. Wow. No moisture in 3 months? And now this?

Be careful.

[snappyturtle]

34. Nope....goes all around us! So dry. Hear the fire trucks and I run outside to

see if I can seeor smell smoke and check the direction of the wind. Ot's now 5:50pm andf down to thirty degrees with drizzle. Ought to be getting slick soon.

[rocktivity]

18. Hate 'em, hate 'em

In the NYC metro area, we get our share of freezing rain and ice storms while everyone south gets snow and everyone north gets rain. I'll take a foot of snow over a centimeter of ice any day!

:headbang:
rocknation

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. I never think of New York City getting ice.

In the movies its always snow.

[mikeytherat]

19. Sleet, ice and freezing rain here (just southwest of Richmond)

mikey_the_rat

[Wiley50]

20. Have you looked at the national radar?

I'm 40 miles almost due east of Nashville. Temp 33 steady, heavy drizzle

15 miles north of here it's ice. 20 miles north of there it's snow. 75 farther north: nothing

75 miles south: nothing

Drop the temp a degree or two (probably tonight) I'm in for a real mess

The storm extends out into the Atlantic NE of DC

the other end is all of the way into New Mexico

The whole thing is training endlessly right across me

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. On, shoot. Can you just hunker down and wait it out?

Its not so bad if you don't lose power.

Ice is so weird. It is so beautiful and so deadly.

And the sound of breaking trees all around is just the strangest thing. I remember nights where I just lay there and listened to the sound of the trees cracking and falling. It was awful.

And the transformers all just explode in blue light.

God.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. We missed the worst of it in West Central Arkansas (Fort Smith).

It's still raining, but the temp is around 34 so the roads are clear. There is some ice in the trees from last night and some power outages, but not nearly as bad as some areas. It's a lot worse to the north of us.

[LanternWaste]

27. Will be hitting the Dallas/Fort Worth area any minute now...

Will be hitting the Dallas/Fort Worth area any minute now...

We never get snow here-- just this damnable ice. :(

[nosillies]

29. I'm in Arkansas, made it to work, but will probably have to head out early to get home safely.

It's wet, it's freezing, and as per usual...

SOME BONEHEAD THINKS WE NEED TO RUN THE A/C IN THE OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:nuke:

[Coyote_Bandit]

30. NE Oklahoma Here

Tulsa area. Ok here. Roads are very bad with lots of accidents. But currently there are no significant power outages in the metropolitan area.

I also have family spread across NW Arkansas. It is ***MUCH*** worse there.

[catnhatnh]

31. Southern NH

Expecting 10-15" starting tomorrow 6am....The Hell with milk and bread, this sucker calls for an emergency supply of beer.

[leftyladyfrommo]

32. Beer sounds good. At least you won't care about the ice.

Just don't venture outside. That could be hazardous to your health.

[rainbow4321]

33. Dallas newspaper: Possibly "the worst ice storm in nearly six years" heading this way

Well fuck. Tomorrow should be even more fun.

I took the day off work today for fear of getting to work and not being allowed to LEAVE work. LAst year it was like pulling teeth to be allowed to leave early despite the office's TV showing a massive ice storm bearing down on my county. My boss: "hmmm, well, I don't know, we'll talk". Me "Ok, well, I AM leaving, I won't be able to get home". The next day she was like "wooooww, I didn't realize how bad it was getting up in your county, I didn't expect you to make it in". Aaaarrghhh.

And to those that take our light rail trains thinking it will make for a better commute..remember, the ice WILL accumulate on those wires/bars above the train that have the electricity running thru them. It happened to my train a few weeks ago, and already the mass trans people are putting out similiar warnings today.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/012809dnmetweather.bf8dc81.html


Forecasters are saying that the ice will continue to accumulate all night and into Wednesday morning.

How bad could it get?

The forecast calls for as much as a third of an inch of ice accumulation in Dallas and Tarrant counties. That could make this the worst ice storm in nearly six years