Our household has declared a War against Ice. There's a solid sheet between 2-4" over the whole city. Solid... as in you walk and drive on it and it doesn't make footprints or tire marks.
Tonight it's going to get down to 9, I think. It'll be a great night for long johns and extra blankets.
But it gets better: we're supposed to get between 3-6" of more sleet this weekend. There's a line in the song "In the Bleak Midwinter" that says "snow had fallen, snow on snow". I think of that when I think about ice on ice this weekend.
So begins the Ice Wars. Our dripping faucets and thermostat counterattacks...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Yeah, that's one bit of winter I don't miss - that's one advantage of living somewhere where it's dry and frigid ALL winter - no ice storms to deal with! Occasionally some melting and then freezing makes roads icy, but that's it, really.
Hey my mom wants to get together and do something either on Friday or Saturday. Let me know if you are interested...
Post a Comment