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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
2/20/2018 12:11 pm

Last Read:
2/24/2018 5:13 pm

A Grain of Salt



A second round of freezing rain hit the state overnight and early Tuesday morning. This overnight round of icing impacted much more of Central Iowa, including US!



After 2:00 a.m. freezing rain filled in through Central Iowa and even brought thunderstorms which had Rosie all discombobulated but Ruby stayed calm and collected while Thor just tried to get some sleep.



The freezing rain and drizzle accumulated anywhere from a light glazing to 0.25″ by 8 a.m.



Most areas received around 0.1″ of ice, though even a light glazing is enough to make travel nearly impossible. A central swath received 0.25″ seeing at least minor tree damage or power interruptions as winds picked up into Tuesday morning and midday.



A Winter Weather Advisory remained in place for freezing rain until noon on Tuesday for most of Iowa where even the gravel roads were thoroughly ice coated.



Soooo today is just a great day to stay inside where it's nice and warm doing some baking and keeping the babies from getting into mischief.



OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 12:14 pm

Don't tell old BiBBzz about the chocolate chip/macadamia nut cookies!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 12:15 pm

It's a little past 2 here and NO MAIL yet.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 12:16 pm

The main roads are now salted and traffic is beginning to flow


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 12:18 pm

I did find my ice skates in the closet... but I am not suicidal at the moment....


wineme100 60M
53 posts
2/20/2018 3:19 pm

give you time bret you will try to ice skate on thin ice lol


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 4:27 pm

    Quoting wineme100:
    give you time bret you will try to ice skate on thin ice lol
This is thin ice but I think this time I will pass!


mral65 58M
366 posts
2/20/2018 5:22 pm

Just been snow wind and now plain cold. -14 this morning got up to 3 briefly this afternoon.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 5:56 pm

    Quoting mral65:
    Just been snow wind and now plain cold. -14 this morning got up to 3 briefly this afternoon.
We enjoyed a balmy 27 F here but by Friday a few days above freezing is supposedly in the works.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
2/20/2018 8:51 pm

Ice storms are dreadful and can be deadly. I'm glad you were relatively unscathed. Here is is still cold with highs of +8F and lows of -12F. There is enough snow that it is difficult to get around, even where it has been plowed. There is no relief in sight for us. I went to the city today; there was a lot of bumpy ice on the highway.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/20/2018 9:43 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Ice storms are dreadful and can be deadly. I'm glad you were relatively unscathed. Here is is still cold with highs of +8F and lows of -12F. There is enough snow that it is difficult to get around, even where it has been plowed. There is no relief in sight for us. I went to the city today; there was a lot of bumpy ice on the highway.
Friday we should start getting the ice melted off our roads with temps above freezing for a few days. There's a chance of snow but they are reluctant to tell us... I know where they buy their groceries!!!!


jrodd 65M
4396 posts
2/21/2018 5:20 am

Ugh yuk id wanta stay indoors eat cookies.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/21/2018 9:55 am

    Quoting jrodd:
    Ugh yuk id wanta stay indoors eat cookies.
That's just what we did...and would like to do today.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/21/2018 7:20 pm

    Quoting  :

Yep we are getting another round of crappy weather just in time for the weekend.


jrodd 65M
4396 posts
2/22/2018 4:21 am

We got cold n snow too minus -3c ,1/2 inch wont kill me but I wish it would go away!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/23/2018 2:19 pm

    Quoting jrodd:
    We got cold n snow too minus -3c ,1/2 inch wont kill me but I wish it would go away!
all that dam rain and sleet last night yet the roads were not that bad this morning when I left .. -3 C here right now.


jrodd 65M
4396 posts
2/24/2018 4:10 am

now its 7 inch eek !!!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

2/24/2018 5:13 pm

    Quoting jrodd:
    now its 7 inch eek !!!
We've gotten rain that re-glazed th ice with snow coming down on top...