ice storm

1-29-05
Ahhh – an icestorm in Georgia! We had a winter storm warning all day yesterday. The ice storm was supposed to hit after midnight. About 3:30pm it started hailing/sleeting, but it was still about 38* so nothing really stuck to the roads. It hailed/sleeted on and off for the rest of the evening. The cars had ice on them. It was getting a bit ugly, but not impossible to navigate.

Then this morning – I got up about 7:30 and looked outside. It had snowed! I went outside on the porch – crunch, crunch, crunch. Not snow at all but sleet! Ugh! About ½” of sleet covered everything. I guess I had never consciously seen sleet unless it was on top of snow. I never realized it was white!

Now it’s about 1pm and its freezing raining. My roommates and I made a big breakfast together of bacon, eggs, biscuits, pancakes and grits! It was great! So far the electricity hasn’t gone out but the ice is getting thick on the trees and power lines. But I'm waiting!