SnowMageddon?

[Bitterhook]

As a PSA.....

 

[JohnDB]

People surrounding Nashville have been without power for 36-48 hours now.

People are cold....hungry and a bit grumpy.

My wife works at Vanderbilt hospital remotely....we no longer live in the area.

BUT
All her coworkers do....they've been having a rough time.
We've offered our home to the doctors and their families but we live 7 hrs away.

 

[Bitterhook]

People surrounding Nashville have been without power for 36-48 hours now.

People are cold....hungry and a bit grumpy.

My wife works at Vanderbilt hospital remotely....we no longer live in the area.

BUT
All her coworkers do....they've been having a rough time.
We've offered our home to the doctors and their families but we live 7 hrs away.

Power outages here are spread apart while the grid is intact, and the outages are restricted to outlying areas where direct service is an issue. The roads are a compete mess though, and mostly hard packed ice an inch to two inches thick. It would be safer to drive in the ditch where there may still be some sleet that isn't hard packed and that may allow some traction, than on the roads.

However, the Sheriff's Department is a bit fed up with people and has come just short of saying, "We have repeated told y'all to stay off the roads and we are sick and tired of having to rescue your stupid ass."

Not to mention that the sun came out just long enough to make the ice slicker than Pledge furniture polish on a tile floor if you're wearing socks.

 

[JohnDB]

Power outages here are spread apart while the grid is intact, and the outages are restricted to outlying areas where direct service is an issue. The roads are a compete mess though, and mostly hard packed ice an inch to two inches thick. It would be safer to drive in the ditch where there may still be some sleet that isn't hard packed and that may allow some traction, than on the roads.

However, the Sheriff's Department is a bit fed up with people and has come just short of saying, "We have repeated told y'all to stay off the roads and we are sick and tired of having to rescue your stupid ass."

Do you live in the middle TN area too?

Its gonna be a mess for a while yet. My guess is two weeks before all is well again. At this point thawing out wont help....only possibly causing some flooding. But the linemen will be able to repair the damage. Nashville and surrounding areas are full of trees next to roads....which have power lines too.

I remember when Clarksville had a bad ice storm and almost the whole city was without power. People took to cooking on their bbq grills in the front yard for weeks.

Plumbing repairs took a bit longer....

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

What makes you ask such a thing?

You have masochistic tendencies.

 

[JohnDB]

 

[Bitterhook]

Do you live in the middle TN area too?

Its gonna be a mess for a while yet. My guess is two weeks before all is well again. At this point thawing out wont help....only possibly causing some flooding. But the linemen will be able to repair the damage. Nashville and surrounding areas are full of trees next to roads....which have power lines too.

I remember when Clarksville had a bad ice storm and almost the whole city was without power. People took to cooking on their bbq grills in the front yard for weeks.

Plumbing repairs took a bit longer....

Nah, I live farther southwest than that, but people have no experience driving in this mess here.

According to estimates that come via updates in text messages from the power company, the icy roads have set them back to restoring power by noon tomorrow instead of this evening for most customers in our area who are experiencing outages.

It will warm up some tomorrow as well and the roads except for bridges should be clear by Wednesday, if not completely clear.
We also have the benefit of the power company doing extensive work over the last year to put in measures that avoid some difficulties with outages but not saying that doesn't come at a serious cost to both the company in profits and the consumers in increased prices.

They have been kind of cool about letting everyone know what they are doing, what we can expect in outages and response, and what it is costing them as well as us.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Snowmageddon is no problem for me. It was in the 80s in Key West and the Bahamas. You all have my sympathies. I just wonder how many tree limbs I will be picking up when I get home.

 

[JohnDB]

 

[sparky]

it just won't stop snowing...... ~S~

 

[Sparker]

Crashes are more expensive now. Sliding into a ditch or snowbank can easily total a modern car.

 

[toobfreak]

Its minus 31 here now. I love it. Time to take a walk.

At least if you slip on ice, fall over and freeze to death, you'll still be fresh by Springtime when everything thaws.

 

[initforme]

At least if you slip on ice, fall over and freeze to death, you'll still be fresh by Springtime when everything thaws.

Buy some expensive good clothes. No freezing possible. $500 jacket on. Its worth it.

 

[toobfreak]

it just won't stop snowing...... ~S~

I was afraid of this!--- a sure sign of global warming!

 

[initforme]

I was afraid of this!--- a sure sign of global warming!

Learn to appreciate the snow. Maybe if you are lucky you get a few more of these storms.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Not bad in east TN

We barely got an inch of snow,

mostly ice and cold for now

The main roads are pretty dry and clear.

 

[scruffy]

Snowmageddon is no problem for me. It was in the 80s in Key West and the Bahamas. You all have my sympathies. I just wonder how many tree limbs I will be picking up when I get home.

Yeah. Cleanup is always fun. I'll start... tomorrow.

 

[scruffy]

it just won't stop snowing...... ~S~

If it doesn't touch Arkansas I ain't so worried. If it crosses the eastern border we start getting weird weather in OK.

I used to work in the earthquake lab at Caltech (their sensor network is very impressive), they've got it to where you get about 15 seconds warning before the ground starts moving.

But the air is almost impossible to predict. They can say "funnel clouds in the area" but if a tornado starts over your house you've got about the same 15 seconds to race down to the cellar and hope for the best.

Every place has something, I guess. In Florida they have alligators.