I understand your fear. We had a humongous ice storm when my hubby was in OK helping his mom. He was too far away and she needed him more than I did, but there was at least 1/2 inch of ice on the trees and everything else, including the roads. I called in and said I wasn’t coming to work no matter what they wanted. I was terrified of losing power. This is worse than ice. Where is the storm now? Is your “guardian angel” close by just in case?
I’ll take winds over an ice storm. I was without power for 5 days when we were hit in ‘98 and some people were up to three weeks without it. Streets were obstacle courses due to downed trees.
Winds will knock down trees here and there and some might take down powerlines. Ice storms knock down a lot more.
The front is still well west of us - - from east TX up through AR and beyond. It’ll come through TN in the morning and is supposed to come through here around noon. But the winds will be up long before that, ahead of the front and behind it. It’s supposed to start getting breezy around midnight or so and keep going from there. Should be blowing at a good clip by the time I go to bed in the morning.
Three “guardian angels” are close by and the 4th is a little ways off. They might have their own problems to deal with though. Just have to hope for the best for all of us.