nhardy, you are making me feel good with what we have now. I have bad memories of freezing rain dated back to January 8 1998 when Ottawa and Eastern Ontario was hit by an ice storm in the form of persistent freezing rain that coated everything with thick black ice. Tree branches were coated with 1/2" to 1" thick coatings and were falling like a clock work every few minutes with cracking sounds. High tension transmission towers caved in, power-lines and phone lines were torn apart. We lost power to our house for a week and were the last one in the area to be reconnected because our power line got ripped from the main switch in the basement. Since then I don't like freezing rain in January and February.

Hi nhardy,

Stay warm and safe.  That sounds like a mean storm.

noss

I guess this story is not going to go away till Spring time so I thought I would add this picture I took this morning.

This is on I-80 in Wyoming, Between Laramie and Rawlins, in high ( very high ) elevation.
As you can see the blowing snow ( 45 mph gusts ) making the road a little slick.

You forgot to add something.

Sorry Martin,

Had made a correction and didn't realize that the picture went away.

It's fixed

I'm thinking that groundhog might be right this time. Spring is on the way. Got to 40F today. The most of the sleet melted on the front lawn.  I can now see the brown grass dotted with sweet gum balls. They are calling for temps in the 60s by mid week. Almost shorts weather. I guess I'm itching to start all of my veggie & flower seeds.

Nice shot Rafed , i noticed i can see behind as well by gazing into your truck mirror.
Its gonna hit 40s late next week but weather man said back downhill again as good ole fresh air from Canada will sink back down upon the midwest afterwards.

Hi Rafed,

That's a really neat picture taken from the cab of your truck.

Vivian

Hey Rafed

Cecil,

Many things have changed since you retired.

Some good and many bad. This industry is not what it used to be.

This thing on the windshield is my trusted GPS.
Only I trust it 70% of the time. Got to use common sense 100% of the time.

The last close call I got out of it was a few weeks ago in Hamilton, Ontario. Low Bridge, Had to back up about 1/4 mile.
You know the warning signs, You don't see them till you get there sometimes.

Rafed,

It's winter in San Diego, but we do it different here. 77F today, clear, and all of the fig trees are showing leaves.

Here is the next 10 day forcast for around here, It ain't San Diego, but it ain't bad.