[fanfan]

I wish you'd get more rain.

I'd actually prefer a bit colder weather. If all the moisture came down as snow, it wouldn't be so slippery everywhere.

Also, the rain compacts the snow, so our septic system, and pump system are more likely to freeze. I've been flushing the toilet a lot to keep everything thawed.
The day before yesterday, it rained all evening, and into the night, with temps. at 0 or 32 ish, going down to -6 (22f), or so, over night.
We had a flash freeze Friday, with temps dropping to -20 -4f), and all the slush that had been partially melted, turned to ruts of ice.

Hey! I coulda been a meteorologist!

[TASMANIANRED]

Doesn't sound so great....

Ice ruts...

[Monkey Face]

I've had all that, thanks. I spent the first five years of my life in Alaska, and was in ice and snow for most of the next 35 years. We had an ice storm in Missouri the weekend we moved into a new home, and from that point on, it was snow and ice storms, one after the other for the next 9 or 10 weeks.

During that time, the temps never got above zero...40 days...it was pretty ugly.

Driving anywhere was an exercise in courage. I've had enough of that. Honest.