I'm in eastern TN, and it's snowing outside right now. Ice is still covering everything as it's not been above freezing all week. There's a car still sitting in my driveway that is useless because all it will do is sit there and spin on the ice. And the second ice storm is on the way, we are being warned to prepare again for power outages as more trees come down. They are saying that ice accumulations west of us could be up to 1/2 inch. The roads are covered with sleet and snow again, and I hear the usual noises in the distance. Engines revving, tires spinning, and plow trucks making scrapping and grinding noises. It's saturday, why are so many people determined to go out and travel in this mess?
The linemen are going to have some extremely unpleasant days to come. Rain coming in the afternoon, rain all day tomorrow with flood warnings. Those guys deserve to be paid double time, working in cold rain overtime in hazardous situations, and having the threat of morons backfeeding power into the lines while they're working on them in the rain. Same goes for the guys out having to cut trees out of roadways and out of powerlines while it's pouring down rain and 40 degrees. I'm going out, but I'm walking! Gonna enjoy the last of the snow and ice before it gets washed away. Got my genny gassed up and ready, got plenty of dry firewood for the wood heater. Got canned food on the shelf and in the fridge. Bring it on!
