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1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

Crippling. If temps are in the mid-20s and we get steady light rain, it would be crippling. God forbid it would be even a little windy to boot.

True ice storms are very rare. The Nashville one mentioned in 1994 was one such - that stretched all the way back along I-40 to Oklahoma if memory serves.  Anyone who cares at all about trees, power, and the like should not want to see a true ice storm. 

Pics from Nashville in 1994:

https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2015/02/16/nashville-then-ice-storm-of-1994/23505561/

Here's a report from Memphis from the great southern ice storm of 1994...

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/02/11/breakdown-looking-back-ice-storm-feb/#:~:text=MEMPHIS%2C TN (WMC) -,history occurred%3A Ice Storm 94.&text=That swath of moisture brought,as rain early Wednesday morning.

 

 

Yep, not a good time. We had young children. We also had the only woodstove in the neighborhood. Luckily, we had a pretty big living room, because we had several families with very young children camped out in that room for a week. This was a stone's throw from downtown Nashville. 

If you've never been in a real ice storm, trust me: it's not like wishing for a nice big snow storm. You really don't want an inch of ice all over everything.

2 minutes ago, ErinInTheSky said:

>>Wow look at these ice totals. I've never been in an ice storm before.

 

I was in Nashville for the blizzard of '93. Lost power for a week. Not something I'd look forward to again! 

17 hours ago, StormchaserChuck! said:

Could be a record -AO start to Winter through February, love to see how this evolves 

I just saw a forecast low of 11 degrees for Monday, Feb 08. Is that real? Likely to change? Should I buy a propane heater for my greenhouse, just in case?