They're telling us 5 to 10 inches Thursday into Friday... bringing with it enough wind to make blizzard conditions possible. Even though it's only classified as a "Winter Storm Watch" at this point, I understand there's already been some event cancellations in Des Moines. But that ain't the storm everyone is worried about 'round here... supposedly there's another one right behind it due to arrive Monday(ish). And, again supposedly, it has the possibility of stalling-out over us, really dumping the white stuff... but ain't any "experts" pulling numbers out of their arses yet. So far this year, the "experts" are 0-for-three on getting the "big" snow prediction correct (for us)... maybe they're due to get one right. They've got a good chance at getting it right this time... at least going on history... traditionally our biggest winter storms have come during the last week of February and first week of March. It was the end of February a few years ago that brought us the "big" ice storm, taking thousands of miles of power lines down; those ten days out here without electricity taught me a good lesson (you couldn't find a generator within a 1000 miles). My little 115v 800 watt generator couldn't even run the well pump because it runs on 230v (and you couldn't get to a gas station for two days anyway)... but I made a purchase shortly after, I'll never be caught unprepared again. If we lost power for ten days out here now... we'd barely even notice.