We had a bunch of freezing rain, and every piece of concrete is coated with ice. Quite treacherous. If you’re in this area, be careful.
It was only safe to walk on the grass.
by John Cole| 25 Comments
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We had a bunch of freezing rain, and every piece of concrete is coated with ice. Quite treacherous. If you’re in this area, be careful.
It was only safe to walk on the grass.
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Zandar
Dude, don’t bust your arm again :(
Bob
How is the mayor handling the situation?
Michael
Sprinkle some salt on the steps – don’t wind up on your back like I did a coupla weeks ago.
South of I-10
We got 5 inches of rain last night, I’m glad it’s not freezing. Careful you don’t bust up your shoulder again.
JPL
Even though it has been mentioned, please be careful.
numbskull
Open thread, then?
Ah, those DFHs pointing out points again. This time it’s a simple reminder that SS hasn’t contributed a dime to the deficit and indeed has been routinely used to borrow from to soften the effects of true deficit spending:
http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/social_security_in_perspective_part_iii.php?page=all
Damn those commie pinko fag hippies!
Tim F.
It was safe until you took Rosie out. Now I’d take my chances with the ice.
Seriously, I salted every square inch on my property save one, then promptly found that one and fell on my ass. Meanwhile the doberman, who becomes a dainty little prince whenever it rains, for some inexplicable reason loves freezing rain and crusted sidewalks. I think he takes it as a chance to play crack-the-whip with the cursing guy at the other end of the leash.
R-Jud
There was lovely snow here 48 hours ago. Now all that remains is mud, and the sad what I has.
quaint irene
Christine O’Donnell is officially being investigated for using campaign funds for personal use.
Downside of that is that this grinning ninnies face was all over the morning news shows.
polyorchnid octopunch
That’s not an ice storm. This is an ice storm… and yes, I lived through this; both my hometown (Kingston) and my contemporary city (Montreal, which where these videos were taken) got pummelled.
People were banned from downtown Mtl while they knocked the ice off the skyscrapers… think pieces of ice six inches thick and three to four feet across falling from 30 stories up. It was completely insane. I was one of the few people with power, and had eight people staying with me in my one bedroom apartment (bro, sis, their fams, grilf, and a buddy). My mom (in Kingston) ended up being evacuated as it took over two weeks to restore power after the almost complete destruction of the electricity infrastructure in Kingston.
I can remember going out with the adults and watching the transformers blow up all up and down Laurier… you’d see a flash and a bunch of sparks on the horizon every twenty minutes or so when it really got going on the first night.
Dilford
@R-Jud: Similar to us in SE Iowa – had plenty of lovely snow for Christmas that was still around yesterday and overnight it melted (temp zoomed up to 50).
Daniel
Don’t walk on the grass if its frozen. That kills it.
Svensker
@polyorchnid octopunch:
We had a favorite bookstore in Kingston, an old house packed with books floor to ceiling, but her pipes froze and then exploded and all the books were pulped. Terrible.
Soprano2
I still have nightmares about the ice storm we had here in January 2007. (shudder) It took out the power to most of the city, metro population about 250,000. It was eerie to drive around the city and see almost no lights and no stoplights. (People could drive because for some reason the ice didn’t stick to the streets). The gas stations that were open started running out of gas – it reminded me of the gas shortages of 1979. Grocery stores looked like they had been ravaged because they had to give away all their produce and refrigerated/frozen products after they lost power. We heat with a wood furnace, which helped some, but we were without power for 13 days, and we live in the middle of the city. Our neighborhood looked like a war zone. On the news they said not to drive over power lines, which made me laugh because I wouldn’t have been able to leave my house if I had followed that instruction! I found out things about my tolerance for electricity deprivation that I’m not proud of, although at least I didn’t call the local utility company and scream at the help like some people I know did. I was lucky, because we have showers at work where there was power, so I had a warm place to get ready for work.
On the plus side there was free wood everywhere! We got 16 pickup loads of free wood without leaving my neighborhood. That wood lasted us about two years. I hope your ice storm isn’t that bad, John.
Calming Influence
John, I hesitate to give you advice (for about a millisecond) but if you should happen to slip on the ice, try to land on either your ass or your head. I can’t handle another description of you popping your dislocated shoulder back in by slamming it into a tree stump or dropping a cinder block on it or some similarly hillbillyish W.V. home remedy.
Calming Influence
Also Seattle got about 1/8″ of snow last night, which of course threw the city into chaos.
JGabriel
John Cole:
I’m not entirely sure whether to sympathize or be envious. Ice storms are dangerous as hell, but it looks beautiful when all the branches are encased in a thin layer of ice, like the world has turned into a glittering ice palace from a fairy tale.
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Just Some Fuckhead
I’m pretty sure an obsession with the weather is a big indicator of the onset of middle age. Admonishing the kids to be careful was the icing on the cake.
gbear
You need to get a pair of these if you want to walk on ice. They just slip on under your shoes. I’ve walked on a frozen waterfall while wearing them. They’re cheap and work great.
Violet
Please be safe! You don’t need another shoulder surgery. The dogs can just toughen up and walk on the ice. They’ll be okay.
@gbear:
Those look cool!
LikeableInMyOwnWay
These are ratings results for 2010. Please have DougJ prepare a piece on how Spongebob Squarepants is influencing voters who frequent the Krusty Krab.
And as always … data please.
Blub blub blub!
losingtehplot
Stay put – send Tunch for takeout; he’s got claws.
Don
Others have beat me to it, but I’ll say it anyway: don’t pick up the dog this time, dummy.
Stay safe and warm.
polyorchnid octopunch
@Svensker: It’s still open; you’re talking about Rosie’s place on the corner of Colborne and Clergy, aren’t you? She’s up to a zillion books again….
You still in the area? I’m back in Kingston again; if you’re around, let me know and we can hook it up and do some liberal drinking.
futzinfarb
Yaktrax, dude!