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TMCTLT
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:28:21 AM

Well it started last night as rain that froze as it landed, that turned to sleet which fell for a while then some more rain etc. Woke up this morn and the cars are all covered by 3/4" of solid ice. And our deck is a the same and is snapping and popping. The bad part is this is the first round, so we've been out trying to remove some of it from the cars ( no garage ) and ice melting the deck......it's suppose to be an interesting Week!!!! 😣

itsawaldo
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:33:14 AM

Ice storms suck bad, feel for you.

Glad we are in for all snow, rather have a foot of that then any ice at all.

Good luck!

HockeyDad
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:39:29 AM

With that much ice, go ahead and get the generator ready.

rasdas
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:42:30 AM

Time to set out the vodka outside in your own ice-bar...

TMCTLT
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:07:51 AM

With that much ice, go ahead and get the generator ready.

HockeyDad wrote:

Wish we had one, and much like bread I'm certain there's none on the shelves anywhere.............

We've been very fortunate in the over 20 yrs. that we've lived here in that our REMC has been awesome. only a time or two where we've lost power for more than a half an hour. We are also expecting snow at some point but only after second bout with ice........

DrafterX
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:11:36 AM

we have ice covered with snow here... still falling steady... power flickered a bit this morning at home but it's still on as far as I know... told the wife to get the generator ready and build a fire just in case....

05busa
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:29:19 AM

I like to slide down the driveway into the street!!!!

TMCTLT
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:34:14 AM

DrafterX wrote:

Best to you guys William, hopefully you won't need that generator but at least unlike me......your ready :)

Anth. so far the only place I've slid is from my feet to my Ass..................](*,)

If we get much more ice before some of this melts we're gonna start losing tree branches and chit!

lofty1
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:36:37 AM

yeah, we've got some unpleasant ice here in arlington, tx. i hate ice. i get to stay home today, but i hate ice.

HockeyDad
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:59:58 AM

#10

If you are in an ice storm prone area, your utilities are likely engineered to be able to withstand the weight of 1/2" of ice on all the overhead structures and lines. The problem is the trees. If your area is also rather wooded, the trees and branches falling from ice weight will take out the power lines.

If you're getting flickering lights, that likely is small falling tree branches contacting power lines and creating temporary faults.

If you are in Mississippi, be glad you even have electricity.