The weather forecast for my area tomorrow is looking pretty ugly! The rain could be starting just about anytime this evening and continuing through the night. At some point Saturday it’s supposed to transition into snow as the precipitation continues unabated into the early hours of Sunday, with as much as 6 inches of the white stuff predicted to accumulate. The catch here is that transition stage where the ice is supposed to come. Lots and lots of ice, freezing rain accumulating to as much as 3/4 inch of ice. It’s the ice that really causes the problems around here. We can generally deal with rain and snow just fine. Should this ice storm come to pass there will probably be lots of downed trees and plenty of people without power tomorrow. Being off-grid and generating all my own power through solar panels, downed power lines aren’t likely to cause me issues. Ironically though it was still looking like I would be powerless during the storm, just for different reasons.
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