Ice storms are nasty business.
Ice storms are nasty business.
Just checked the radar, looks like it should miss me here on the Mi./In. border.
Help is on the way.
Ice storm in Indiana. Preppers should be ready.
Ice skates...need my ice skates!
Global warming????
Here’s a readable version:
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Ice storm warning remains in effect from 4 pm this afternoon to 7 am EST Monday... ...Winter weather advisory remains in effect from 7 am to 1 pm EST Monday...
* timing...Light freezing rain and sleet will be possible from the midday hours into the early afternoon. More widespread freezing rain and sleet will overspread central indiana from southwest to northeast after 500 pm. Freezing rain will end by 700 am Monday morning...Changing over to snow. Light snow on top of any ice accumulations will result in slippery conditions on tonight and monday morning.Ice accumulations...Near one quarter of an inch.
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Someone should tell weather services everywhere that there’s no reason to continue using all caps — unless they’re still using Teletype machines from the 1960’s.
I have to say that weather warnings do make life easier today. It used to be you could get caught in ice storms with no warning at all. A 10-minute drive could take several hours, assuming you could even make it.
I see some tweets from south of Crawfordsville that it’s icing pretty heavy. Rain so far west side of Indy north of 74.
Indiana has my sympathies. The ice storm in Maryland last February knocked my power out for 13 hours. Tree branches were coming down all over the place. I was one of the lucky ones.
No, it’s a mistake... Due to GW, there should not be ICE STORMS. /s
Fill containers with water. You have tap water now so use it before you have to use prepped water. Make sure your tech stuff is charged, flashlights are charged and place extra batteries nearby and set out candles and matches. Make sure your outside water faucets are insulated. Get the dishes and laundry done before the ice hits. Doesn’t hurt to clean the bathroom and kitchen so you don’t have gunk and germs to deal with. Cook whatever can be eaten cold the next. Bake up some cookies or a cake because those can be eaten at room temperature.
Fill up the freezer with jugs of water now so they’ll be frozen to help keep the cold if the power goes. Keep the fridge and freezer closed when the power goes. Day 1 is ice cream day! Day two, eat whatever is perishable in the fridge. Day 3 use the grill to cook up whatever is thawing in the freezer such as meat.
Just drove through 40 miles of I-70 at the beginning of it.
Good thing we decided to leave the party at half-time. It’s gonna suck in another half-hour, especially when you add in all of the Colts drunks...
Stay safe. Ice storms are brutal.
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1/4” of ice should not pose a huge problem with tree damage and power outages. Scattered, not widespread. If ice accumulation on trees and power lines is higher than that, then you’ll start seeing a real mess.
If you can’t even walk on it, don’t expect a car to be controllable on it. Very bad idea to try to drive until the roads are treated with whatever they use up there.
Hope for an early changeover to all snow or even sleet. That’ll limit any potential damage. A minor accumulation of sleet will slightly improve traction if you absolutely have to try to get out in a car, it freezes to the ice and gives it a rough texture, still no walk in the park so stay put while the roads are frozen if at all possible. Snow on top of ice doesn’t help at all.
