Four Days . . .

Four days of ice.  The weather moved in Thursday night with freezing rain and sleet, later some snow.  Basically we got almost two inches of frozen stuff on the ground.  It is not quite two inches but it is more than an inch and in some places has drifted into deeper piles.

Now it is all ice.  At least an inch of ice.  The asphalt streets got some thaw yesterday with bright sun and temperatures greater than freezing.  Not a whole lot above freezing, about 36 or 37 degrees.  So we had lots of spots in the streets that melted and the water ran off.  Not so in the driveway and yard.  And what softened up from the 'high' temperature froze again last night.

We are predicted to get above freezing again today, to maybe 37 degrees again.  And I think that will clear up most of the streets but not the stuff in the yards and drive ways.

We have had our experience in the northern climes so we ventured out Saturday and Sunday.  But we found McDonald's closed.  And Judie's favorite spot in Willow Park, Sonic, was closed.  We did find Walmart open as we also found Sonic in Hudson Oaks open (and we got cokes and eats there).  We found Walmart quite pleasant since it was near empty, just us folks who went out to challenge the elements.

So I think a good deal of it will be abated.  The streets will be open, the main arteries will be sanded and so on.  Still a great deal of traffic accidents, people are not repeat not cautious and have little patience with the conditions.  We saw folks driving to fast, some with four wheelers thinking that such a drive system exempts them from having to worry about the ice and slush.  Not gonna happen, and they are careening off the roads.

So we have electricity and gas and are nice and cozy inside.  The garage with one oil bath heater is kinda holding its on between 55 and 60 degrees.  I go out there and fire up some more heaters for awhile and it gets reasonable, maybe all the way to 65 degrees.  The heaters are in my work area and it gets a little warmer there.