If it helps I can send SC victims each a jar of pepper jelly to help them cope with the disaster. I'm out of toilet paper and milk.
On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just spoke to neighbors with a nice big truck, they went out yesterday and > drove around, said it was pretty terrible and think it will be same > today. We're planning a short trip to the grocery store in a little bit, > but if the roads are too slippery and appear to be full of drivers with no > clue how to drive in winter weather, I think we'll abort early and head > back home. I'm not worried at all about my driving ability, its the other > guys and gals that present the biggest risk. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > My road is an inch of solid ice which makes it nice and quiet out here > > with only the occasional dumbass trying to go somewhere on it. We only > got > > maybe 2-3" of various versions of frozen water, it is all ice underneath > > the snow. It is quite beautiful today even though I hate it now. Not > sure > > warming up is going to help anything, it will probably just melt the > stuff > > so it can freeze more later. Neither the state nor the County appear to > > own any kind of removal equipment though the bridges are open now, barely > > passable. I am not sure why the smarter folks can't go commandeer the > big > > scoop loader sitting at the foot of one bridge where they are widening > the > > road, and get a few loads of the fill sand they have laid up there, but > > what do I know... Although yesterday a guy driving a big grader ran it > off > > the road and got stuck in the ditch, apparently he was on his way to the > > other bridge to clean it or something. > > > > Welcome to the South! > > > > --FT > > > > > > > > On 1/4/18 9:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> We got about five inches of snow I think, must be a record of some sort. > >> More than we've ever seen in about 20 years of living here. Made a snow > >> man! Snow was pretty dry and icy so that was a challenge but we got'er > >> done. > >> > >> Temp was down into the teens last night and now we're up to about 27 > with > >> strong sunlight, but some wind so I don't know how much melting we'll > get. > >> High is predicted to be 38. Ice is melting off the trees and bushes. > >> ------------- > >> Max > >> Charleston SC > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
