Major weather heading towards Tennessee!

Been There said:
Ice is heavy. I have seen power lines come down during an ice storm.
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Keep in mind that if anyone sees a power line lying on a roadway, regardless if it’s cement or asphalt, stay in your vehicle. Your rubber tires should give you enough protection from being electrocuted. Be sure to call 911 or the local electric company and report the down wire.

Don’t run over the downed power line. The metal body on the car becomes a Faraday Cage whereby, the electricity flows around you. Stay in the vehicle and try not to touch any metal inside your vehicle, just as a precaution. Drive away from the line at least 50 feet.
 

retiredtraveler said:
I'm going to ask the dumb question. Do states such as KY, TN, TX (basically southern states) have anything much in the way of plows? Do you store salt? I know in the past many, if not most, southern states didn't have salt and would put down sand for traction and I thought (?) there were few 'dedicated' plows and basically, plows were put on garbage trucks plus using 3rd party people. Am I all wrong about that?
I'm up north where we have 'endless' salt and plows/salters to handle heavy snow.
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We have plows in Kansas but the city workers rarely get them out and plow. The guy that drives the salt truck goes down the street so fast that barely any salt hits the street. I keep salt in the house for the porch and stairs. Not sure if my trash will get picked up or not. If it does they usually knock down the fiber optic phone line posts that were put up in the alley alongside it.
 
Luckily, we have 3 gas heaters and 2 gas fireplaces. Our stove and water heater are also gas. My router is on a UPS so it stays up during short power outages. There are small flashlights all over the house and lots of batteries. I'll put a car in the garage tomorrow. We have 1800 people in this town and probably 100 of them have a snow plow plus the town has several trucks. Roads will be cleared very quickly and a 4 lane highway runs through town so we can leave if needed although I don't see anyone doing better than us until Pennsylvania. All 3 cars are Subarus.
We have lots of candles, oil lamps and quilts. I was a Boy Scout leader here so sleeping in >30F is not strange to me but let's hope it doesn't come to that.
Note: The picture from my profile was taken on my front porch. That should be beautiful in the snow tomorrow.
 
I know this is serious. My son works for one of the biggest trucking companies in the country and they will be closed on Monday. He was happy because he didn't have to use PTO time for the appointment at the health department to fill out paperwork for the marriage license with his fiancee. Turns out the Health Department will likely be closed too. Now the timing of the process they need to go through will be cutting it very close. I'm wondering how many other closures there will be.

When the extreme weather was first forecast to be catastrophic and crippling, 10 states declared states of emergency. As of today 21 states and DC have done it. New Jersey is among them. The link lists which states. The track keeps changing, now it looks like N.J. may also get severe icing. https://search.brave.com/search?q=w...ersation=08a7221aac22eff6d3beb8bcfa81e46ff21b
 
On my 4:00 PM horse feeding, the temps had warmed up to 29F and it was raining.

There was already half inch or so of snow on the ground. The temperature made the rain on the snow slicker than snot. It took me longer to walk a few feet into the barn than it did to feed the horses.

Then there was the matter of getting back UP the drive to the house. The distance is ~475 feet and on an incline.

By try #3, I was P.O’d, so I backed clear down to the gate by the road and made a good run for the garage, hoping I wouldn’t slide off the drive and down over the hill.

Thank goodness the car is now in the garage🫣🫣

Tomorrow I will air up the tire on the 4-wheeler, drive it to the barn, and hope it holds air until I get chores done.

This is a good winter for folks with snow plows on their trucks to make a lot of money.
 
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GoodEnuff said:
Native Texan here; lived there until a few years ago when I moved to the snowy mountains.

If you have enough groceries to last until Monday, what if the power stays out past then?
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So far, so good. Texas is not expecting any widespread outages and our power company already came through and trimmed branches that could affect power lines. We also have a neighbor with a large generator and a couple of refrigerators who will store our refrigerated food if we lose power.

Our sleet/snow ends late tonight and if the power goes out we will move refrigerated foods to the freezer. They last a good 48 hours in there.
 
seadoug said:
So far, so good. Texas is not expecting any widespread outages and our power company already came through and trimmed branches that could affect power lines. We also have a neighbor with a large generator and a couple of refrigerators who will store our refrigerated food if we lose power.

Our sleet/snow ends late tonight and if the power goes out we will move refrigerated foods to the freezer. They last a good 48 hours in there.
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Glad to read this Doug. How nice of your neighbor. Stay warm and safe!
 
About six inches of new snow fell late yesterday and this morning. This is a normal snowfall here; however, this winter we haven't had much. Right at freezing all day, 18F this evening. Again, normal for here this time of year.

I am so very glad I do not have to go out in bad weather and worry about those here who do. Take care all.
 
Imogene said:
On my 4:00 PM horse feeding, the temps had warmed up to 29F and it was raining.

There was already half inch or so of snow on the ground. The temperature made the rain on the snow slicker than snot. It took me longer to walk a few feet into the barn than it did to feed the horses.

Then there was the matter of getting back UP the drive to the house. The distance is ~475 feet and on an incline.

By try #3, I was P.O’d, so I backed clear down to the gate by the road and made a good run for the garage, hoping I wouldn’t slide off the drive and down over the hill.

Thank goodness the car is now in the garage🫣🫣

Tomorrow I will air up the tire on the 4-wheeler, drive it to the barn, and hope it holds air until I get chores done.

This is a good winter for folks with snow plows on their trucks to make a lot of money.
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Be careful, Imogene. Do you carry a phone in case you have a problem.
 
Jules said:
Be careful, Imogene. Do you carry a phone in case you have a problem.
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Yes. All the time 🤠

This is hard to believe but it is 36° out my door and pouring sleeting rain, at midnight.

According to my weather app for my area, I am supposed to see 43° today but rain all day long. And they have issued a winter storm warning okey-dokey then……

This is the most whack-a-doodle winter storm I have ever experienced.
 
It’s bad here. Over 200,000 customers without power in the immediate Nashville area and that number is still climbing as more ice accumulates. And that doesnt include the outlying counties like ours which have their own power companies and counts.

We’re still getting relentless freezing rain and sleet which just keeps coating the trees and power lines, bringing more and more downed limbs and lines.

In our small outlying county there are approx 15,000 customers without power and that number is also rising rapidly….way more trees in this rural area to fall and bring down power lines! We can hear transformers blow….mini explosions booming.

Our neighbor across the road has a Generac and we, and our other neighbors, are welcome there to cook a hot meal, get coffee, bunk down there if/as needed. We have a very large generator that Ron’s in the process of firing up right now. It wont power the whole house but it will run the fridge and a couple heaters.

The various power companies are predicting a week to 10 days to get power fully restored, given that sleet and freezing rain will continue through late tomorrow, co tinting to bring down power lines faster than th crews can restore power.

It’s a mess. 😭❄️🥶
 
Ronni said:
It’s bad here. Over 200,000 customers without power in the immediate Nashville area and that number is still climbing as more ice accumulates. And that doesnt include the outlying counties like ours which have their own power companies and counts.

We’re still getting relentless freezing rain and sleet which just keeps coating the trees and power lines, bringing more and more downed limbs and lines.

In our small outlying county there are approx 15,000 customers without power and that number is also rising rapidly….way more trees in this rural area to fall and bring down power lines! We can hear transformers blow….mini explosions booming.

Our neighbor across the road has a Generac and we, and our other neighbors, are welcome there to cook a hot meal, get coffee, bunk down there if/as needed. We have a very large generator that Ron’s in the process of firing up right now. It wont power the whole house but it will run the fridge and a couple heaters.

The various power companies are predicting a week to 10 days to get power fully restored, given that sleet and freezing rain will continue through late tomorrow, co tinting to bring down power lines faster than th crews can restore power.

It’s a mess. 😭❄️🥶
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Hoping you remain safe and warm.
 
CallMeKate said:
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Good checklist. Thanks. It doesn't hurt to be reminded.
Ronni said:
It’s bad here. Over 200,000 customers without power in the immediate Nashville area and that number is still climbing as more ice accumulates. And that doesnt include the outlying counties like ours which have their own power companies and counts.

We’re still getting relentless freezing rain and sleet which just keeps coating the trees and power lines, bringing more and more downed limbs and lines.

In our small outlying county there are approx 15,000 customers without power and that number is also rising rapidly….way more trees in this rural area to fall and bring down power lines! We can hear transformers blow….mini explosions booming.

Our neighbor across the road has a Generac and we, and our other neighbors, are welcome there to cook a hot meal, get coffee, bunk down there if/as needed. We have a very large generator that Ron’s in the process of firing up right now. It wont power the whole house but it will run the fridge and a couple heaters.

The various power companies are predicting a week to 10 days to get power fully restored, given that sleet and freezing rain will continue through late tomorrow, co tinting to bring down power lines faster than th crews can restore power.

It’s a mess. 😭❄️🥶
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My heart goes out to the ones working on the power lines in this frigid, icy weather. That's a job most people take for granted until they need them.
 
Ronni said:
It’s bad here. Over 200,000 customers without power in the immediate Nashville area and that number is still climbing as more ice accumulates. And that doesnt include the outlying counties like ours which have their own power companies and counts.

We’re still getting relentless freezing rain and sleet which just keeps coating the trees and power lines, bringing more and more downed limbs and lines.

In our small outlying county there are approx 15,000 customers without power and that number is also rising rapidly….way more trees in this rural area to fall and bring down power lines! We can hear transformers blow….mini explosions booming.

Our neighbor across the road has a Generac and we, and our other neighbors, are welcome there to cook a hot meal, get coffee, bunk down there if/as needed. We have a very large generator that Ron’s in the process of firing up right now. It wont power the whole house but it will run the fridge and a couple heaters.

The various power companies are predicting a week to 10 days to get power fully restored, given that sleet and freezing rain will continue through late tomorrow, co tinting to bring down power lines faster than th crews can restore power.

It’s a mess. 😭❄️🥶
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A week to 10 days to get the power back on? That’s a long time to be without power. I wish you the best Ronni. Good thing you have a generator.
 
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