And speaking of sliding on ice, we're supposed to have freezing rain overnight and into tomorrow so they just announced that schools are going to be closed, much to the joy of my daughter. At least I get to sleep in tomorrow.
Saint Louis area right now, (8PM), 24degrees F and falling steadily, freezing rain, windy. Cars covered with ice. .......Five hours ago it was 62 degrees..... Time for some hot chocolate.
Well, today is supposed to be mostly below freezing, with sleet already hitting the windows. I'm probably going to have to drive in it because one customer doesn't want to leave her house, and she can't get her remote working. *sigh*
I have several different citrus trees, and not sure how much damage they will have. My wife is only concerned about her favorite, a Kumquat tree.
Loquats tend to recover fine from the freeze. dunno about kumquat. Our house inlet pipe is frozen, so we have no water. I'll be going out to see what I can do with it in an hour or so. Maybe strap a heating pad to the pipe. If I can get the water flowing, it should take care of the rest of the ice.
Managed to thaw out the feed from the street into the house. (there's a two pipe section that's exposed). We have water again.
