WWTBAM Bored

I'm sorry, it's not the same as a hurricane. I grew up in northern and southern Wisconsin. We woulda exhausted all alphabets if they were named then...

I like how the Fern forecast suddenly becomes a winter storm watch when it hits New Hampshire.

Beebs52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:43 pm

I'm sorry, it's not the same as a hurricane. I grew up in northern and southern Wisconsin. We woulda exhausted all alphabets if they were named then...

I pruned my roses and blueberry today,

a1mamacat wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 24, 2026 7:55 pm

Beebs52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:43 pm

I'm sorry, it's not the same as a hurricane. I grew up in northern and southern Wisconsin. We woulda exhausted all alphabets if they were named then...

I pruned my roses and blueberry today,

Yes!

Beebs52 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 24, 2026 4:43 pm

I'm sorry, it's not the same as a hurricane. I grew up in northern and southern Wisconsin. We woulda exhausted all alphabets if they were named then...DONTCHA KNOW!!

Fixed it for ya.

Well, we've seen the two obligatory shots of people sledding down the Art Museum steps.

We will likely finish up with about 9 inches of snow.

Snow, then freezing rain, then more snow, now more freezing rain.

Does not appear to be enough to build up on power lines and tree limbs.

A friend in Oxford, MS, just missed a big tree limb crashing onto her car.

That is all.

I saw the pics of northern Mississippi -- it looks a lot like we did in 2009, when we were frozen out of our house for a week.

Meanwhile, we just got a fluffy. 10.5 inches of powder snow, and we're wearing comfy clothes and laughing at people out attempting to clear their drives and sidewalks. And feeling sorry for the dog owners. There but for the grace of God, etc.

mellytu74 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:27 pm

A friend in Oxford, MS, just missed a big tree limb crashing onto her car.

Someone we know?

My company has 1,774 folks in the field working or waiting to work getting power back on.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:36 pm

My company has 1,774 folks in the field working or waiting to work getting power back on.

Wait Who do ya work for now,

Beebs52 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:45 pm

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:36 pm

My company has 1,774 folks in the field working or waiting to work getting power back on.

Wait Who do ya work for now,

Same company I’ve worked for since Oct 2018.

Our power went out at 3:00 AM this morning. Then back on around 5:00 then off again at 6:00. It came back aroung 9:00. Nothing long enough to be concerned about other than the slight loss of sleep for the off/on/off/on/off.

We here in SE Mass ended up with about a foot of fluffy, drifting snow. No power lost.

One of the biggest problems we have in Georgia whenever there' s a wind or ice storm is tree branches falling on power lines. We didn't have that here, but I haven't heard anything from Flock, who's in the next county over, so I hope he's okay as well.

The usual rule-of-thumb about winter storms in Atlanta is the bigger fuss people make, the less disruption that tends to happen. The local TV stations have been carrying on since about Wednesday, acting like this storm was the beginning of World War III. Of course, this means that the next time there's an alert, people will downplay or pooh-pooh it and then get caught flatfooted.

No power interruptions where I live in NE Atlanta. Main roads seem to be all clear. Just COOOOLLLLLDDD. (Well, relatively for us.)