ON Friday night, Jan 23rd, we began to get sleet with a little snow mixed in. Saturday Morning, we had about an inch of sleet. By Sunday Afternoon, we had about 4 to 6 inches of sleet on our driveway and in our yard. In a 50 mile radius, there was 10 to 12 inches on snow in one direction, to 6 inches sleet in another to 2" to 3" of Ice on the ground, on trees, poles and wires in a different direction. We are located about 35 miles south of Memphis. Even yesterday, we had a patch of ice about 1 1/2 inches deep over our driveway behind the house, but today it is gone. There is still a small patch (2ft x 10 ft) on one side this evening. And today, it was 72 degrees.
January 23rd until today - 17 days with ice and the past 6 days have been above freezing overnight and during the day. This is the south too. Even last Thursday, we had meetings postponed and schools out because of ice on the roads. Numerous churches did not have services for two weekends because of the ice.
I have been listening to old people here saying they have never had this much ice, sleet and snow staying on the roads and yards this long. Several towns including ours, had snow piled up 8 ft or more at intersections and on two or three corners. The problems with this sleet is that is was icy, icy, icy, not snow. It is easy to drive on snow, but ice hard and frozen 4 to 6 inches deep (and not slushy) on roads is slippery without chains, which we do not have down here. We had 8 days with it not getting above freezing and 12 days in which it barely got above freezing for two or three hours. Several days the highs were below 20°.
I remember the first day of spring in March of 1967 when we got 18 inches of snow, but it didn't last this long.
Nope, this is not the North where it stays on the ground for months. But this is one winter blast that will be remembered.
Just had to share this.
January 23rd until today - 17 days with ice and the past 6 days have been above freezing overnight and during the day. This is the south too. Even last Thursday, we had meetings postponed and schools out because of ice on the roads. Numerous churches did not have services for two weekends because of the ice.
I have been listening to old people here saying they have never had this much ice, sleet and snow staying on the roads and yards this long. Several towns including ours, had snow piled up 8 ft or more at intersections and on two or three corners. The problems with this sleet is that is was icy, icy, icy, not snow. It is easy to drive on snow, but ice hard and frozen 4 to 6 inches deep (and not slushy) on roads is slippery without chains, which we do not have down here. We had 8 days with it not getting above freezing and 12 days in which it barely got above freezing for two or three hours. Several days the highs were below 20°.
I remember the first day of spring in March of 1967 when we got 18 inches of snow, but it didn't last this long.
Nope, this is not the North where it stays on the ground for months. But this is one winter blast that will be remembered.
Just had to share this.
Comment