Major weather heading towards Tennessee!

Ronni

Ronni

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Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel is covering the newsworthy event, so you know it’s gotta be bad! 😉

Seriously though, we are under a Winter Storm Watch, and getting predictions of record breaking snowfall and ice events beginning Friday and extending through the weekend.

“All signs and forecasts are pointing towards Nashville getting hit by Winter Storm Fern this weekend– a weather system that is expected to move through much of the Midwest and southern United States (then into the north east) from late in the week and through the weekend. It’s set to leave behind freezing rain, ice, and plenty of snow, depending on how far south you go. For Nashville, it’s looking like it’s going to get mostly snow – and a lot of it.”

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Nashville is entirely unprepared for this kind of weather event. Our infrastructure just won’t support it. Not enough snow ploughs, salt, experience.

There will be runs on the grocery stores starting today. The bread, milk, water aisles will be bare. Won’t be able to find salt anywhere. People will stock up on everything “just in case”

We have a generator so Ron will be prepping it, my pantry and fridge are well stocked, and we’re prepared to hunker down for as long as needed.

Ron’s from up North so has plenty of experience with this kind of weather and what our needs will be, which is a good thing because I have none, hailing as I do from Australia, then New Zealand and California before arriving in the South.

We’ll see what happens as the week and the weather evolve!
 

Ronni said:
Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel is covering the newsworthy event, so you know it’s gotta be bad! 😉

Seriously though, we are under a Winter Storm Watch, and getting predictions of record breaking snowfall and ice events beginning Friday and extending through the weekend.

“All signs and forecasts are pointing towards Nashville getting hit by Winter Storm Fern this weekend– a weather system that is expected to move through much of the Midwest and southern United States (then into the north east) from late in the week and through the weekend. It’s set to leave behind freezing rain, ice, and plenty of snow, depending on how far south you go. For Nashville, it’s looking like it’s going to get mostly snow – and a lot of it.”

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Nashville is entirely unprepared for this kind of weather event. Our infrastructure just won’t support it. Not enough snow ploughs, salt, experience.

There will be runs on the grocery stores starting today. The bread, milk, water aisles will be bare. Won’t be able to find salt anywhere. People will stock up on everything “just in case”

We have a generator so Ron will be prepping it, my pantry and fridge are well stocked, and we’re prepared to hunker down for as long as needed.

Ron’s from up North so has plenty of experience with this kind of weather and what our needs will be, which is a good thing because I have none, hailing as I do from Australia, then New Zealand and California before arriving in the South.

We’ll see what happens as the week and the weather evolve!
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Good to know you're prepared! Stay in. 🥶
 
I am from the Ohio/PA border originally, so I know how to deal with all this stuff, but it doesn’t mean I like it.

I would much rather have the 6 inches to 8 inches of snow they are predicting Nashville might possibly get, than the I’ve storm my area is more likely gto get.

I am a good hour southeast of Nashville. That means it will take a Hail Mary weather event for me to not have the ice storm they are predicting for my end of the state. I still remember and shiver over the horrendous ice storm we had several years back when the trees falling up on the ridge sounded like a war zone, and we lost power for 106 scattered hours inside of a week. We had so much ice I had to shut my horses out of the main pasture.

I have a generator big enough to run the furnace on this house and what I hope is enough gasoline for it and one of the four wheelers. My car is full of gas even though it’s not coming off this hill if we get ice in. The worst hairpin curve peaks on a hill on this road that is covered with trees. That area will stay layered in ice 48 to 72 hours longer than the rest of the road.

I am also retired and I don’t have to go anywhere. I just need all my equipment to work.….
 
Tom52 said:
This is why we moved to Florida. 66 years of snow and ice was enough for us.
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Same here. The first time we flew to Orlando, we left Detroit in the throes of a terrible ice storm. We were the last plane to get out of the airport. When we landed in Orlando at midnight, it was 70 degrees. The old airport was surrounded on three sides by orange groves and they were in bloom. The fragrance was intoxicating. No jetways, so you had to cross the tarmac. I got down on my knees and kissed the pavement.

As a result of that trip, we returned to Michigan, sold our house, quit our jobs and moved to Florida. I've never regretted it.

Friends from up north ask, "How can you stand all that heat and humidity?" My answer: "I've never shoveled two feet of heat and humidity from my driveway so I could get to work. My roof has never caved in because of heat and humidity. I've never chipped and inch of heat and humidity off my windshield. And I've never slipped on heat and humidity, fallen on the sidewalk and broke a hip."
 
We have had some cold nights/ days to prepare us for what ever this will bring us.

I to see nurse practitioner Thursday morning.

Hope to get some books at Library,,, then on to grocery for odds and ends.

Biggest problem is getting the dog to stay out long enough to go potty.
He doesn't. like the coats we bought him.
Need to get him some dog boots,,,none locally.
Been thinking to look in baby clothing in hopes of finding something that might work

How the heck do you measure a dog's paws?

Good luck to all that are under this """""Super Winter Storm.

Stay safe, warm.
 
After living in middle Tennessee for 60 years I meet snow storm forecasts with two thoughts in mind. 1. The forecasters usually over dramatize the potential compared to the eventual reality. 2. If anything more than a heavy frost actually materializes you will see cars in the ditches for no apparent reason. Weather persons love to predict calamity using the S word. Don't even ask about their driving.

I learned to drive in western Kansas with snow and ice for months at a time. I mention snow fence around here and people look at me like I am from another planet. I don't worry about my ability to navigate in it I worry about the ones coming at me. Bubba thinks 4-wheel drive makes him invincable. It it weren't so dangerous it would be comical.
 
Looks like the same here in Pennsylvania, but no worries. I lived in the East suburbs of Cleveland where we got over 100 inches of snow during most winters. I am a good driver in snow. It’s these drivers that don’t drive in snow much that I keep an eye on. I put new tires on my SUV about a month ago and it has AWD, so I will be out there if I need to be.

Weatherman says we can look for up to 18” of the white powder.
 
To sound like a broken record, I would rather see multiple feet of snow than the half inch to .75 inch of ice that we are predicted to get. That’s the stuff made of power outages.

I went through that a few years back and don’t want to do it again. Cleanup was a nightmare. We lost power intermittently for 106 hours that week, which also meant no power at the barn for heated tubs.

I did some things today in readiness, but I am physically wore out because I don’t get around near as good as I did in that previous horrendous ice storm.

Tomorrow, Thursday, is another 50° day so I will hopefully have success getting the generator ready and making sure my John Deere is ready to work.

Today I ran the trash, got more gas & topped off the car. I had to get the four wheeler behind the tractor running, and of course, air up the back tires, then get it down to the workshop. So now it sits in the workshop with a bucket underneath of it to catch all the gas that will probably leak out of it, that was supposed to have been fixed and wasn’t..

Friday I will shut the horses out of the main pasture which won’t make them happy, but they will still have about 4 acres of flatland to walk on if we do ice up. If it gets too icy/ugly, they’re going to get shut in the barn and they won’t like that at all because they’re not used to being shut in.

Yessssss, although it rarely happens , I AM stressed because I have already through lived a power outage from a severe ice storm. Back then husband was still healthy and agile. He co-ordinated everything & everyone. Thankfully my job was to sit on the tractor and move tree limbs to the pile. This time I may have to do it all…..
 
This deep freeze is dipping really low throughout the country. We are expecting ice and snow in Dallas starting this Saturday. I know it's minor compared to the rest of the country, but we are expecting to be below freezing for 3 days. Apparently our governor has implemented "emergency measures" because our last multi-day freeze was in 2021. There were rolling blackouts and 246 people died. :( Not to mention, we are never prepared for ice on the roads so driving is impossible.

We do have a good electricity provider that has been diligent about trimming trees to avoid ice accumulating and falling on power lines. We're not used to this, but I've covered all the shrubs and have done enough grocery shopping to last us through Monday.
 
seadoug said:
This deep freeze is dipping really low throughout the country. We are expecting ice and snow in Dallas starting this Saturday. I know it's minor compared to the rest of the country, but we are expecting to be below freezing for 3 days. Apparently our governor has implemented "emergency measures" because our last multi-day freeze was in 2021. There were rolling blackouts and 246 people died. :( Not to mention, we are never prepared for ice on the roads so driving is impossible.

We do have a good electricity provider that has been diligent about trimming trees to avoid ice accumulating and falling on power lines. We're not used to this, but I've covered all the shrubs and have done enough grocery shopping to last us through Monday.
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If you get the Weather Channel, you can see how much of the U.S. is covered by this storm. The snow & ice can be terrifying for those not used to them.

After the major ice storm, my area saw several years ago, that caused my road to intermittently lose 106 hours of power within a week, our power company has made a diligent effort to try to keep powerlines free of tree limbs. I know if my power goes, I’m giving it 15 minutes and if it’s not back on, I’m hooking up the generator. It will be too cold outside to let this house cool down and risk freezing the pipes.

if you live in a home versus an apartment, you might want to think about a generator, if there are even any available by now. If you lose power for any period of time, you don’t want your pipes freezing.

I have a 6500K generator to run the furnace, refrigerator and a couple of small things if we lose power. Losing power in weather like this for longer than a hour or two, means pipes could freeze & break and that’s not even something I want to think about.
 
Not only Tennessee Ronni. We here in the northeast are being warned about a treacherous storm that will reach us by the weekend, into Monday. Ginger Zee (GMA and World News Tonight) said not to drive because the roads will be that dangerous. She also mentioned probable power outages and freezing pipes. Our real feel temp is forecast to be a high of 6 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. 6 to 10 inches of snow is predicted to fall between Saturday and Monday.

It boggles my mind that half the country will be affected by this major snow and ice event. Ronni and everyone in the affected areas, please heed warnings, prep as best you can and stay safe!
Massive Winter Storm To Target Over 180 Million From Texas To New England With Potentially Damaging Ice, Heavy Snow
 
Ronni said:
Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel is covering the newsworthy event, so you know it’s gotta be bad! 😉

Seriously though, we are under a Winter Storm Watch, and getting predictions of record breaking snowfall and ice events beginning Friday and extending through the weekend.

“All signs and forecasts are pointing towards Nashville getting hit by Winter Storm Fern this weekend– a weather system that is expected to move through much of the Midwest and southern United States (then into the north east) from late in the week and through the weekend. It’s set to leave behind freezing rain, ice, and plenty of snow, depending on how far south you go. For Nashville, it’s looking like it’s going to get mostly snow – and a lot of it.”

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Nashville is entirely unprepared for this kind of weather event. Our infrastructure just won’t support it. Not enough snow ploughs, salt, experience.

There will be runs on the grocery stores starting today. The bread, milk, water aisles will be bare. Won’t be able to find salt anywhere. People will stock up on everything “just in case”

We have a generator so Ron will be prepping it, my pantry and fridge are well stocked, and we’re prepared to hunker down for as long as needed.

Ron’s from up North so has plenty of experience with this kind of weather and what our needs will be, which is a good thing because I have none, hailing as I do from Australia, then New Zealand and California before arriving in the South.

We’ll see what happens as the week and the weather evolve!
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Stay safe! It's headed our way Saturday but I don't think we'll get as much of it.
 
oldman said:
Looks like the same here in Pennsylvania, but no worries. I lived in the East suburbs of Cleveland where we got over 100 inches of snow during most winters. I am a good driver in snow. It’s these drivers that don’t drive in snow much that I keep an eye on. I put new tires on my SUV about a month ago and it has AWD, so I will be out there if I need to be.

Weatherman says we can look for up to 18” of the white powder.
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If you’re expecting powder, it’s unlikely you will lose power. Powder is usually light in weight. I lived in NE Ohio myself until I was 9 and then I was moved to SE Ohio. I remember getting some big snows that would come in from Lake Erie. My dad never missed a day of work. My mom was a school teacher and we seldom got a day off from school because of snow. It almost had to be a blizzard before we had a snow day. I remember when we had back to back storms and ended up with over 4 feet of snow. We went skiing a lot in the winter.
 
Been There said:
If you’re expecting powder, it’s unlikely you will lose power. Powder is usually light in weight. I lived in NE Ohio myself until I was 9 and then I was moved to SE Ohio. I remember getting some big snows that would come in from Lake Erie. My dad never missed a day of work. My mom was a school teacher and we seldom got a day off from school because of snow. It almost had to be a blizzard before we had a snow day. I remember when we had back to back storms and ended up with over 4 feet of snow. We went skiing a lot in the winter.
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Where did you live in NE Ohio? I lived in Chardon for a short time and later we moved to Mentor.
 

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