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scott
6 Jan 2005, 2:51pm
We have had freezing rain since last night. Our power keeps going out. So I have only one box on a UPS (this one ) I am sorry to say that 8 of my 9 boxes will be off until the weather breaks and the power is more stable. Sorry guys.


For those of you in warmer climes who have not seen it or just miss it, here are some pics. There is a half an inch of ice on everything. Trees and power lines are coming down everywhere.

Scott
scott
6 Jan 2005, 2:52pm
and another
Cyclonite
6 Jan 2005, 3:43pm
Yuck...
mmonnin
6 Jan 2005, 3:46pm
We had that awhile back with that big storm right before Christmas. It was semi frozen by the time it hit the ground. I think thats what caused the power to do out for several days. I think it was out during Christmas but I was at my parents house.

I heard eastern ohio was a bit colder and it was freezing.
entropy
6 Jan 2005, 3:49pm
That happened to us a few years ago. Exactly the same thing, even pretty close to that amount. It's VERY cool to look out and see everything covered in ice.

Edit:
While it isn't freezing rain, we got around 5 inches of snow last night. School is frickin' cancelled! They're like a mile away from me, and personally it looks well enough to drive in, but I'm not complaining! :D
DanG
6 Jan 2005, 4:14pm
Wow, that's some hardcore freezing rain. We just had a storm kick our butts around new years eve. We've gotten about a foot of snow and thankfully it's stopped snowing. Bad part is that it has stopped because it's too cold to snow, -45°c with the windchill. Luckily all the power has remained consistant.
dragonV8
6 Jan 2005, 5:19pm
They are sure some spectecular photo's Scott. Hard to imagine what it would be like as it does not get that cold here. Today was a pleasant 37C.

Have seen tv news coverage in the past when problems like yours occurred. Can imagine it's not much fun. Sure hope the weather clears soon for you.
edcentric
6 Jan 2005, 6:20pm
Ice storms are one reason that I moved back north. I can move the snow, but ice sucks.
You are right entropy, the roads aren't bad. A 2 hour delay start would have worked fine in SE WI today.

I do like winter. The basement is colder so the overclocks get bumped up.
rc1974
6 Jan 2005, 7:47pm
We have had freezing rain since last night. Our power keeps going out. So I have only one box on a UPS (this one ) I am sorry to say that 8 of my 9 boxes will be off until the weather breaks and the power is more stable. Sorry guys.


For those of you in warmer climes who have not seen it or just miss it, here are some pics. There is a half an inch of ice on everything. Trees and power lines are coming down everywhere.

Scott


I've had my experience with freezing rain and never want to have it again. It was in Kansas in 1997. The bad part about it was that I was travelling cross-country back to Colorado from Florida and had no choice but to go through it. It took about 4 hours to go 20 miles, I went off of the road once(at 5mph), and I and everyone else stopped at every rest stop to smash the ice off of our cars. Luckilly it started to let up the closer I got the the Colorado/Kansas state line.