KC is getting hit with a HUGE ice storm as we speak, i am turning off the computer for a day or so, groceries are bought, they called school off, mom put off her trip home for a few days... see you guys after we can see the light again

Becareful and be safe hon

Dont computers work in ice storms?

ride it out... hope you don't loose power

so far so good... we didnt lose power yet, but, trees are falling everywhere.. be back later i guess, im going in to sit by the fire :freezingmyassoff:

EverSoLesa said:

thanks for caring honey.. nobody else seems to ....

nakedpianoplayer said:

Gurl you know I loved you for ummmmm how long have we known eachother?

nakedpianoplayer said:

!! That sounds awful, naked. You stay safe, okay? Now I'm going to be worried about you.

thanks girls nice to know someone still cares about me

EverSoLesa said:

long enough

psychodelicide said:

thanks nan

how were your holidays ?

hey girl... hope U and the kids are alright.. wondered where U been.. been n and out of it with my sinus crap... take care..

I would keep U warm.

nakedpianoplayer said:

My holidays were great, I hope your holiday was nice as well.

but i do love storms

hope you stay safe and warm

I am sure naked survived. Our power was out for a few hours, but back on by the afternoon. It is crappy and beautiful all at the same time. My mom's pine tree bends every time we have one of these, and this time, it broke at the trunk. poor tree. It had done so well before.

what is an ice storm btw? we don't have them here. is it like a regular storm only colder? or like a snap freeze phenomenon?

charlottegelin said:

Maybe it's like that movie where everyone just freezes like a statue!

charlottegelin said:

Its where the rain comes down and freezes to everything, so that as it continues to "freezing rain", the branches get coated, power lines get coated, etc. A little is dangerous, but over a quarter of an inch can weigh down the branches and such so heavily they fall off of trees, or break the whole tree, or pull down the power lines. It can be a huge mess. Two or three years ago there was one in KC that had folks power out for a week. And that is a million people, or whatever..this isn't little house on the prairie... and power crews from 5 other states came in to help. Trees fell on houses, on cars, it looked like a little battle ground. Thankfully this year we had such a heavy snow before thanksgiving--it broke a lot of branches and such--that it was much less damaging last night with the branches and trees.

bluesbaby said:

Oh my! Well, take it easy now and don't slip!

charlottegelin said:

sorry that was so lengthy. But it looks beautiful with the streetlights making the trees twinkle.....

this is how the ice looks, though this is in maine

an image from the 2002 storm, and this is from kc.

I thought this was cool, because of the flag frozen.