We are still effected by the winter storms this past weekend. We were without electricity for about 17 hours from Wednesday evening until midday on Thursday. Not quite as long as happened during Hurricane Katrina (Aug 2005) but distinctly much more uncomfortable. Of course our woes are nothing compared to our neighbors in Texas. We've also lost water pressure throughout almost the entire system here in Jackson. So I've been collecting and melting the ice from our driveway for toilet flushing water.
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| This is the second round on Friday morning after first round on Thursday. These buckets will melt down to just two of the large 5-gallon ones. |
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| Luckily I have a metal bucket that I can put on our gas stove in order to melt the ice. |
The roads and streets are starting to clear and will do more today as the sun is out in all its glory. Temps are still just below freezing but we expect much warmer temps tomorrow and continuing into the coming week.
Us Southerners are just not ready or equipped for snow/sleet/freezing rain and below freezing temps. My daughter told us yesterday that she's e-friends with a gal who lives up north. This gal was jibbing at the South for not being able to deal with very cold weather. My daughter replied that it would be the same as a northern state having to cope with a hurricane. The "Yankee" gal responded that she saw the point.
But almost the entire country is dealing with this severe winter weather in one form or another. I guess that Puxsutawney Phil was right a couple of weeks ago that we would have six more weeks of winter weather. But for me, I'm more than ready to see spring!!!
Y'all stay safe, y'hear!
