A White Day . . .

Woke up about 7 AM to a white world.  We got the brunt of the winter storm last night.  The present temperature is just above 22 degrees with 8 to 10 mile an hour winds.  So if is both cold and slick out side this AM

We started with freezing rain.  That is regular rain that falls and freezes on contact with the earth.  Then we had sleet, which is of course rain that has already been frozen and falls.  Sleet makes a noise of hitting the leaves on the trees and so on.  Freezing rain loads up the trees and bends the limbs to the ground, it can even topple trees.  Then it all turned to snow. 

So the icy surface is cleverly disguised with snow.  You step on and slip and fall  We have a few small drifts up against the houses.  Snow and ice in the roof valleys and along the eaves where heat does not reach and it freezes quickly and stays cold and will not defrost.

It is still falling, an extra fine snow.  It is called corn snow by the folks in the mountains.  Great stuff to ski on but otherwise just winter moisture to us.

I have not seen any birds so they are all hunkered down trying to stay alive.

TV and radio are full of accidents and slick road warnings.  Schools closed.  Doctor's offices closed.  DFW and Love airports are shut down.  Son James is trapped out in Boston waiting to get back home.

Nothing is moving.  The garage is toasty warm at 60 degrees.  I will have to go out and warm the garage up so I can do some model stuff.  I bought a used airplane and have to refit it.  It needs a battery, radio receiver, install an engine, re-inforce the center wing splice (a thing I do not found in the model plans).  It has a funky pilot mounted on it and I will remove that, kind of offensive to me.  Then I will wax it to protect it.

Something to do while shut in.