We’ve been watching this storm system move our way all week – and we’ve been getting ready for it.
Yesterday, the weather forecast was that we could get as a .75 inch coating of ice on trees and power lines – enough ice to be disastrous.
Fortunately, though, the ice here didn’t get more than a quarter of an inch. Fortunately, the freezing rain changed to sleet and, later, snow.
It was enough, though, that we didn’t venture out all day – no need. We’ve got about 4 inches of snow on top of the ice.
We were ready, though, just in case.
One of the first things I did was to move the motorhome between the house and the shop. The area where it is normally parked is next to and under several large pines. After our close call last year, when an ice storm dropped branches, power lines and even whole trees not too far north of us, we decided that we would move it to a safer location if another ice storm was forecast for our area.
We also made sure we had enough groceries, which we did.
Just in case we lost power like we did last year, I had topped off the fuel tank in the motorhome. I also moved our other smaller generator up to the front porch and made sure I found the cords for running power to the refrigerator, fireplace blower, computers and TV.
Despite the winter weather we’ve had this year, we haven’t lost power this season – yet!
