posted 2007/01/14 at 17:57
Over the weekend Toledo finally dropped down to winter-like temperatures anymore. I was fully expecting to get snow in here again given how much rain we had in the forecast, but instead we wound up getting freezing rain all last night, and it looks like we'll have more coming in this coming night.
While the roads have been okay to drive on since they were still warm from the recent weather, we've had significant ice accumulations on the power lines around here. So far we haven't had any lines snap or any power outages, but given that we're going to have more freezing rain into the night tonight, it is kind of a big concern for me at this point. I can't recall Toledo ever getting this kind of freezing rain accumulation before, but from catching news stories on other parts of the US and Canada having weather like this, it sounds like these kinds of things take a very long time for the power companies to fix. Given that my parents don't keep an office separate from the house any longer, losing power for a long period of time could be catastrophic for us.
I would have gone out and taken pictures earlier today of the ice on the trees and stuff, but between the fairly low levels of ice on everything but the power lines, and the fact that it was dark and cloudy all day (which didn't help to melt things around here), conditions were not exactly what could be called picturesque. Even though I hate walking and driving in snow, a part of me is kind of hoping that we do get some snow here soon, just so I'll have an excuse to go out and do some photography.
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