JANUARY 26, 2009
LOCKIE LAND
HAS TURNED INTO ICE LAND
SIGH...
WANNA POPSICLE?
Well... I guess it is going to become true this time.. sigh.. I am getting freezing rain and it is going to continue all night long.. I figure by in the morning .. I will have no electricity.... sigh... sigh... sigh....
I have been through three of these things since, I think it was 1996... and I am more prepared for it .. but I still hate this shit! One lady has already been killed in a traffic accident in Arkansas, by sliding on black ice. In the town I live about 20 miles from.. there have been over 100 traffic fender bender type accidents today. You can be the best driver in the world and somebody else wham into you.. it just sucks pig puddle water that is green and has large stinky chunks of pig poo in it!
We went to town early today and stocked up on stuff.. like oil for the oil lamps and kerosene for the lanterns.. we hauled enough wood to last a week probably for the fire place.. and got the generator going.. Right now I am wondering what this has got to do with global warming.. cause I am not very warm!
I have had some mighty unusual weather last year and this year is not starting off to a very good beginning.. sigh..
Wanna Popsicle?
lol..
So if I disappear.. know that the power is off and boyfriend will not give up his television for me to run my puter.. he is like that ya know.. stingy sucker!
HE gets no popsicle!
/O.CON.KTSA.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090128T1200Z/CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU403 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN.IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE.RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN PORTIONS OF LE FLORE AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING FOR PART OF THE EVENING...HOWEVER THE TRANSITION TOWARD ALL FREEZING WILL OCCUR OVER NIGHT. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVIER FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA...BEFORE ENDING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE THAT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE COMMON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AND BRING LOCALIZED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH OF ICE.SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND UTILITY LINES ARE EXPECTED...WITH PROLONGED PERIOD OF INTERRUPTED SERVICE LIKELY.IN SOME CASES...THE LOSS OF ELECTRICITY COULD BE FOR DAYS OR WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE ICING CONDITIONS.DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED LINES...ASSUME THEY ARE LIVE AND REPORT ANY DOWNED LINES OR POWER OUTAGES TO YOUR ELECTRIC COMPANY.MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD...WATER AND NECESSARY MEDICATION TO LAST THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE ICE STORM. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES...FLASHLIGHTS WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF BATTERIES IS RECOMMENDED. IF USING A GENERATOR...DO NOT OPERATE IT INDOORS!AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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