18°f/-7.8°C, freezing rain. Quickly warmed to 3q°, still raining/ freezing, messy.
Someone posted this on Facebook, West Virginia snow preparation! Even Mothman needed egs, milk, bread and toilet paper!
This morning:
What an underwhelming storm so far. I stayed up until midnight, waiting for the storm to start, but all we had at that point was a light covering. During the night we got a few inches, then early this morning the freezing rain started. We ended up with only 4" of snow instead of the 12-15 predicted, and now the icy rain is packing it down and coating everything with ice. Yuck.
I am grateful really that it was not the very deep snow predicted. This icy stuff is supposed to continue, or may turn to rain, then maybe more snow tonight. A right mess! The potential for power outages still exists, of course, if this freezing rain continues.
The birds have been very busy at the feeders, and I am glad to see so many. So far I have seen Cardinals, pine siskens, snowbirds, titmice, nuthatches, chickadees, purple finches, and an Eastern bluebird. Not in the numbers we used to have, but still more than I have seen in a long while.
A slow start for us today! I need to make breakfast, so I'd best get hopping!
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