I won't say we made it through yet since it's not quite over and I don't want to tempt fate. I'll just say that the expected power loss from the ice storm hasn't happened yet. The freezing rain from Friday and Saturday is mostly gone now. It left many thousands of Georgians without power (for various lengths of time - some are still down), led to many automobile accidents and caused the closure of major highways.
But it was breathtakingly beautiful too. It encased all of the trees in a sheath of crystalline majesty. Last evening the low lights of our front porch lit these up magnificently. Unfortunately our nighttime picture taking capabilities are almost non-existent and none of the photos came out well. This morning the view was still beautiful as the crystal encrusted trees groaned under their icy burden.
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All of the ice is melting now and it sounds like a battleground outside. Chunks of ice fall like the rat-a-tat of a machine gun. The occasional large ice block or failing tree limb is like the crack of a mortar. Our entire yard is covered with broken shards of glass as if the remnants of the world's largest crystal chandelier lay shattered and abandoned there.
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At least with this mess we don't have to worry about the cleaning up.
Ice storms are the WORST if you need to travel, but the visuals are breathtaking.
Wow! That looks like how Portland did a few weeks back. I was hoping to move AWAY from that!
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There's an ice storm like this about every 5 years. There's a decent snow about once a decade.
On the plus side, everybody here is so terrified of weather that they issue a Kroger Alert* days in advance of any expected precipitation.
* A Kroger Alert is when everybody in metro Atlanta descends upon the supermarket and buys eggs, bread, milk and water. No joke here (except for the name) - if you're late responding to a foul weather forecast you will not be able to buy any of these items because the shelves will be bare.
You forgot about the toliet paper.
Here in Michigan, anytime people here of a potential snowstorm they run out and buy milk, bread and toilet paper.
I mean for christ sakes, this is Michigan. It's like people forget what the hell it is and go crazy thinking they won't be able to get out of the house for days.
people...buy milk, bread and toilet paper.
Can't they just steal the TP from work like everyone else? And I assume "The Iceman Cometh-ing" doesn't qualify for stealth points? Or does it?
Nope. No stealth points for that one. Mayhap I need to put myself back into the points mentality a little better. That could have been a good answer to a clue question.
Yes points...points..points.
I have some catching up to do!!!
Nice, havent had any snow or ice here in Austin this year.