People in the path of the storm

[SoCalDem]

Time may be short, but please take a moment to inspect your trees.. If you have limbs overhanging your roof, 1" of ice combined with wind, could bring that limb into your bedroom:scared:

Know where your candles are and your batteries too

stay warm and hunker down..:hug:

[rug]

1. This is like getting advice on avocados from somebody in Maine.

[SoCalDem]

2. I put in 7 years one mile from Lake Michigan

and once had to go to work with my husband & sit in the conference room ( all day...for a week) after an ice storm.. we had no power for a week..and since we had an electric starter on our gas furnace and an electric pump for our well, we had no lights, no heat no water ..


my zipcode changed, but I understand cold, ice & snow..

have also lived near Kansas City & Denver, so I have more than a passing acquaintance with winter:P

[ejpoeta]

9. we had an ice storm a few years ago. it was in october though...

we called it the october storm. we were out of power for several days. thank god we had friends to lend us a generator!! people were out of power for weeks!! winter weather is not one anyone who has been stuck in it forgets!! though the big build up makes me wonder how bad it will be. my SIL and sister are hoping for a snow day.

[etherealtruth]

13. After living off the lake for 7 years

... don't let anyone give you shit about snow.

We've been spared thus far this winter .... I don't think we'll (SE Michigan) will escape this time :(

[abelenkpe]

3. Hey...

its good advice.

[northernlights]

5. I like avocados mashed with some lemon and a spoonful or two

of salsa. Mmmm...guacamole in Maine :D

[DCKit]

12. Even better if you use a fork to mash them.

Dinner last night was guacamole with fresh mint and spring onions.

YUMMY!!!!

[fascisthunter]

4. thanks... I may need a new lower back after this one

[krispos42]

6. Oh, we're already fucked big time

When the house was built 60 years ago, they planted six cute pine trees about 10 feet apart along one side of the house.

Awwww...



Flash forward to 2010, six 35-foot-plus tall pine trees, one of which is already partially uprooted, in a line passing maybe 10 feet from our house and maybe 30 feet from the neighbor's house.

The roof has a healthy layer of snow and ice on it, the gutters are frozen solid, and there's a giant icicle that hangs from the eave to the groud about as thick as my leg.

[malaise]

8. Stay safe everyone

:grouphug:

[krispos42]

18. Well, we've got a generator. 5000+ watts. And a snowblower.

And homeowner's insurance!

[virgogal]

11. Sounds like the houses around our way.although my son had some old pines

removed last summer.

Good luck----the problem now is where to put it.

[krispos42]

19. Yeah, my parents have been hating those trees for years

Pine trees. Bleah. Well, they've been here 60 years, so they'll probably survive this storm too.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. You post this after dark right before the storm hits me.

Uh, thanks for the advise, but I am not going to do anything about that now. Hell, I have an outdoor light bulb burned out and I have decided to wait till June to replace it.

OK, I got that off my chest. Now everyone please keep me in your thoughts. I may be sorry I said this! Tree in bedroom, not good.

[virgogal]

10. Gee,I never would have thought of that.

[HereSince1628]

14. My daughter is doing your migration, but backwards she's now in ILL

after years in southern California.

Last week she learned about cold frozen car door latches, also how it causes tire pressure to drop.

Tonite, she'll be learning what winter is like without a golden retriever or newfie for a bed warmer--

it looks to be a three dog night.

[SoCalDem]

16. frozen locks & windshield wipers are the pits

I like cool weather, but I don;t miss shoveling the stuff..one bit:)

[Sherman A1]

15. Thank You for your consideration.

We here in STL are in the path of this thing (which seems to be changing constantly) so it will either be some ice with a few inches of snow or the 8 zillion inches.

Working in the grocery biz, I will tell you that my store did the equivalent of 1/3 week's of sales just yesterday. We sold out of rock salt & ice melt yesterday in the afternoon. We had a pallet that I pulled off the truck yesterday with a bunch of torn bags, I boxed up those 18 bags (and marked them down) this morning and sold them in about 15 minutes. Even Christmas Eve was not this busy.

I have made what contingency plans I can based upon the rather bizarre forecasting so we are doing the best we can right now. Your thoughts are appreciated.....:hi:

[cbdo2007]

17. I'm not worried about the ice, sounds like the snow and cold will be worse.

Thanks for your concern. :)

[marmar]

20. We've evaded the worst of winter thus far in Southeast Michigan.....

..... looks like the jig is up this time.

[a la izquierda]

21. the ice storm of 2007 taught oklahoma...

hopefully. tree trimming companies were out all autumn cutting everything back. i hope we don't lose power, but my husband's work has a generator.