I'm already sick of the ice

[xmas74]

...and there is another round of it coming tomorrow afternoon/evening/night.

This winter will suck big time. I'm looking at lots of snow days for my kid and lots of days involving me worrying about where she will go while I have to go to work.

[Coyote_Bandit]

1. Me too

My lights have been flickering and I know there are several tree limbs down in my neighborhood.

The idiot neighbors next door have the $12,000 annual tuition to send their kid to private school but they don't seem to have any money to remove the dead limbs from their giant tree that towers over my house - and squeaks in the wind. Hope the damn thing doesn't fall and obliterate me and all my stuff.

These same dumbshit neighbors haven't had the money to pick up leaves for the six years I have lived here either - even when we had weeks of red flag fire warnings and large fires just outside the city limits.

I guess you can't fix stupid.

Be careful in the ice.

[xmas74]

3. You can't fix stupid.

And I know that, from experience, I'll see quite a bit of stupid out driving tomorrow.

You be safe too.

[Breeze54]

2. It's been predicted that this will be a warm and mild winter.

Relax. ;)

[xmas74]

4. I hope so

but so far this is a nasty system.

[Deja Q]

5. So far, the usual January temperatures hit 1 month early.

Nice to have a foot of snow on the ground too.

Of course, maybe xmas week will see 40 degree temps...

[Breeze54]

6. Well; we did have a cold front from Canada and a little snow here

but it will go back to normal by Monday night/Tuesday morning.

In any event, there isn't a hell of a lot I can do about it! :D

[xmas74]

10. We've had that week with

temps in the 60's in the past.

I love snow (I'm a Northern girl at heart). I just hate the ice.

[krispos42]

30. What, you don't like -11°F temps?

What's wrong with you man?

:rofl:

[xmas74]

12. Just looked at the school closings.

I'm surrounded with closings already for tomorrow. Just about the only one in my county not closed at this time is my daughter's school. I wonder if, by morning, it'll be cancelled too.

[Wapsie B]

7. Yeah, winter can be very depressing at times.

Ice is the worst. I can handle some snow but ice storms? Fuggedaboudit.

[xmas74]

9. We had one this weekend

and another is moving in tomorrow afternoon.

This really stinks.

[Wapsie B]

15. Yeah, I heard that south of us was going to get rain changing to freezing rain.

The worst. I'd rather shovel snow. The Gulf Coast is looking better every day.

[xmas74]

17. I'm in the nasty band in MO

according to the weather report. I'm in that worst part of the freezing rain for tomorrow.

I'm so not looking forward to it.

[Wapsie B]

18. Oh yeah, I hear ya.

Besides the treacherous driving is the electricity possibly going off.

[xmas74]

20. Shades of 2001/2002.

Took me nearly 2 weeks to get my power back on. I lived way out in the middle of nowhere at the time so they didn't worry about myself and a small child having no heat.

[Wapsie B]

22. Omg, 2 weeks?

My parents had to relocate last winter because of one bad ice storm putting about 2 inches of ice on everything and cutting power for several days. But 2 weeks? Damn.

[xmas74]

25. We were homeless for the most part.

We went from family to friends to even spending a few nights at work. (With consent, of course. We had sleeping bags and pillows on the floor, milk and tv dinners in the break room. Everyone knew where I lived and that there was no power so I had permission to do what was needed.)

[Wapsie B]

27. Yeah, so were my parents at the time.

Neighbors had a generator in their house to provide power. It's good that you could do that. I do know that we do the same thing at work during snowstorms. It's like a little hotel.

I hope you and yours stay safe, and that it's not as bad as first thought.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. We have no ice and no snow...

This is a very, very weird winter here.

[xmas74]

11. That's really freaky.

We're getting it for you instead.

http://www.kmbc.com/severeweather/1589584/detail.html

The roads are kind messy right now.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. It's really depressing.

We had about eight inches of snow on the ground fairly early in November, but it's been nothing but warm since (with a few cold, but very clear breaks), so now there's just little patches of snow here and there. The grass is still green. My daughter is coming home from LA for Christmas with her new Australian husband who is really excited to see the Alaska snow she's been bragging about, but it's not looking good at the moment. Yesterday was 47 freakin' degrees!

They can't tell ME there's no global warming.

[xmas74]

14. We both know about that global warming.

My daughter was six before she saw a decent snow here. I can remember when we moved to MO many years ago snow was quite common.

There is something quite wrong with th weather anymore.

[Critters2]

16. Same here. Just booted up, and the Weatherbug chirped.

And I thought "Oh, God. What now?"

Winter Storm Watch for tomorrow evening and Tuesday, that's what. Will it never end?

[xmas74]

19. I've got the candles,

the bottled water ready to go, the kerosene, the blankets and sleeping bags, etc.

I'm ready to go. I wanted everything ready, in case of a rematch of 2001/2002.

[Critters2]

21. We're just coming off a freezing rain advisory

that ended at 6 pm tonight. After an ice storm warning a week ago. So, Ive got plenty of supplies on hand.

[xmas74]

23. Ours ended at 6pm.

I was in the especially nasty band here already. I have the supplies ready but I wanted to double check yet again=this one will be even worse.

And I remember the warning last week too.

[laylah]

36. I am just east

of the QC Airport. It is starting to "spit" now. I have candles, oil lamps, flashlights, and extra blankets ready to go. My biggest concern is the HUGE maple tree that hangs over half of my small (694 sq ft.) house. There is one of the larger branches that looks ready to split off on a normal day. I don't think I would be real happy to have it crashing through my roof during an ice storm! Or anytime, for that matter, but definitely not now.

Stay safe and warm!

[mwooldri]

24. Send some of it down south here.

If it came our way it'd probably fall as rain and rain is what we need right now here in NC (and SC, GA, AL, and some other states I forget).

We are in so need of precipitation we don't care what form it comes in down here. Snow, sleet, hail, ice, rain, mist, anything!

Mark.

[xmas74]

26. Watch the maps.

You never know what will happen.

And my county has been in a drought stage for a few years now but ice at this stage won't help that much.

[otherlander]

28. It's winter.

Baked some muffins today to make the house warmer. They taste good. They've got carrot and coconut in them.
:shrug:

Winter.
:scared:

[xmas74]

32. I enjoy the snow.

I grew up in the north and love spending time in the snow. I just hate the ice since the road crews don't know how to handle it and neither do the other drivers. As an added bonus, we often lose power during ice storms.

Snow=good

Ice=stinks

And the freezing rain is starting up now.

[Vanje]

29. Dont get me started!

Goddam water wont stay liquid.

[xmas74]

33. I hope the pipes don't freeze soon! nt

[hfojvt]

31. so this is the original

Maybe the ice is part of the 'war on xmas'

I do have to say that I like this southern weather, but I really would prefer a few inches of snow to a bunch of freezing rain.

[xmas74]

34. I'd much rather have the snow

instead of the ice.

The roads are starting to get quite messy now.

[Roon]

35. The winter weather is so rough on my Grandparents

My Grandfather slipped on the ice last feb and spent three weeks in the hospital. It snowed all day yesterday and my Grandfather insisted on going to the grocery today. I went with him to make sure he didn't fall. At least he used his walker instead of relying on his cane. It was slow going, that's for sure.They should start making me a list and let me do the shopping, but they are too afraid they will miss out on manager specials and day old pastries..LOL

[xmas74]

37. It's rough on everyone

but especially the elderly. I spoke to a few older coworkers, one who is handicapped, and asked if they needed anything since I was on the way to the grocery. I also volunteered to work for either of them tomorrow so they don't have to leave their homes during this mess.

I hope they take me up on the call in.