Pre Snowpocalypse

In 2007, the area we live in now was hit by a major ice storm.  Power was out for days.  Our best friends were one of the last ones to get power restored, and that was 13 days later.  It was bad, people died, the city shut down.

The early reports for this snow storm had us getting between .5" and 1" of ice, before all the snow came down.

Nothing causes panic in these parts like an 'ice report'.

Granted, we lived through the same storm, just about 2 hours North.  Power went out, but we were on base and they had it back to us within a few hours.  The streets were clear, the commissary open, so our lives weren't disrupted.

Back to where we live now.

Holy freakout friends.  There was a fist fight in Wal Mart because someone had taken batteries out of another persons cart.  The cops were called.  Several people laughed.  I ran by to pick up a few things, and this is what it looked like at 10:30 in the morning. 

I had to go back in the afternoon for some things , and there was nothing left on the shelves.

Lucky for us, we got mostly sleet, and hardly any ice, so the threat of no power is mostly gone.  We've got snow, and a lot of it, but we're warm and toasty in our home with dinner in the oven!