Ice storm

[crueby]

The bands of snow have finally made it up here to western NY state, but its going to stay well below freezing so no sleet/freezing rain in this area. Glad of that. Dry snow is normal here and we can deal with it fine. Ice, not so much. Best of luck to those farther south and east!

[CI]

Looks like the ice started about 30 miles south of us, down in Mississippi.
Mississippi does not have a very robust power distribution system, with its wood poles transmission lines, and so they are prone to more outages.
I am hearing reports of Oxford Mississippi calling for sheltering in-place, with significant ice; trees and power lines down.

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[vtsteam]

Fine powder here in southern Vermont, been snowing 4 hours and maybe an inch? I wish it had come faster if it's going to be 24" by the end because that means it will be mostly at night when I can't plow with the tractor. I'll plow at 4pm but it's not going to help much unless we get it coming down faster. So, come on snow! Get movin'! 

[crueby]

Fine powder here in southern Vermont, been snowing 4 hours and maybe an inch? I wish it had come faster if it's going to be 24" by the end because that means it will be mostly at night when I can't plow with the tractor. I'll plow at 4pm but it's not going to help much unless we get it coming down faster. So, come on snow! Get movin'! 

Careful what you wish for!  One 2 foot thick snowflake! THUD!

[vtsteam]

nooooooooooo......

[55fairlane]

Just quite snowing,  officially 7.75 inches.....some sort of record

[vtsteam]

Just got in from 2 hours of plowing, probably 6-8" but way cold, half in the dark. Freakin' cold plowing it was! Best I can do for now, we'll see what the morning brings. Tractor start was iffy since it is still a 6 volt positive ground system, but she started in 2F temp. Shifting was like molasses, and the hydraulic lift took about 30 seconds to start with! But when it warmed up we did our usual dance through the twists down our narrow mountain driveway. Split brakes mean I can whip it around on one back wheel when it's slippery like this. Canadian chains with cross studs, doesn't bother that. Just rotates wherever I want, like a tracked vehicle. It was a night scene out of The Shining out there!

Sittin' by the fire now. Hope you're all doing okay!

[CI]

Reports of boat docks collapsing in Arkansas from the weight of snow.
Not the sort of thing you want to hear about if you are a boat owner.

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[CI]

Hello insurance company.
One side completely submerged.
One side partially submerged.
All the boats on the right side went down with the dock.

Only one dock down so far.
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[gunna]

Could you blokes spare just a little bit of cool?
Here in Melbourne, Oz, we are expecting 44c/111F tomorrow!
Ian.

[john mills]

 i agree with Ian  your welcome to take some heat from here  we have in melbourne and will have plenty to spare tomorrow  more likely fires than snow and ice
wont do much outside tomorrow
John

[AVTUR]

And all we get is wind and rain. Another twelve hours of it predicted for the next day: Lanes blocked and further local flooding.

AVTUR

[tghs]

happy to report we stayed in a band of mainly sleet with a little freezing rain,, minor glaze on things but no power problems,, roads are a mess, 20 miles to the south freezing rain and downed power lines... 

[steamer]

20" and still coming down.....

(0.5 meters)

[crueby]

Cleared about 8" out of the driveway yesterday afternoon, not a lot more came down since then, except for the pile that the street plow dumped in at the end. Got lucky here to be just on the fringe of the main storm moving across the country.