On a serious note, I went through this here in New England on Dec 11th. A massive ice storm downed thousands of trees and power lines in my area. I lost power for a week but I was one of the lucky ones. Many others didn't get their power back until after Christmas.
Ice storms are no fun. I'd rather have four feet of snow.
Yeah, I saw that on the news, and the pictures looked just like it did here in January 2007.
This time, the worst of the ice is south of us. Here in Springfield, MO, we got just enough ice to see it on the trees, then it turned to sleet/snow. It’s ugly out there, but it’s not a big deal, as power is still on, services still running, etc. It’s just a pain to get around, etc. Nothing like they’re having south of us, or what we had two years ago. I expect we’ll see some people from south of us coming into the city into hotels/shelters or to get warm with family till power gets back on/stuff gets fixed. They’re in my prayers.
Turn on your sprinklers and make some Ice Art.