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[Ruth]

I live in eastern Pennsylvania. It's been snowing since about 4 AM. We have accumulated about 12 inches of snow. It is 10 degrees with a wind chill of -8. Wind is about 18 mph. They are forecasting the snow to stop at 11 PM. I am fortunate that I still have heat, electricity and cable. I planned on doing one of Laura's meditations for protection tonight. Stay safe.

I'll be thinking of you all while I'm sweltering in 46 deg C (115 deg F) heat on Tuesday, followed up 24 deg C (75 deg F) on Wednesday. Melbourne weather is attrocious in that respect. It's going to kill all the flowers on my roses.

I'm hoping not too many people or wildlife suffer or die, or too many air-conditioners or power supplies break. I really hate the heat. I also hope there's no more fires. Apart from the devastation they cause, they make the air smell foul.

 

[genero81]

Things are fairly dire in Nashville. I would say 35- 40% of residents are without power. Artic air is flowing in, flash freezing everything and brisk winds are expected to cause more tree damage to power lines. Temperatures are not supposed to get out of the teens tomorrow. By some miracle my electricity is still on, but it went out briefly just a short while ago. Keeping my fingers crossed. Last count was a quarter of a million without power. I can hear many emergency vehicles in the distance.

 

[Meg]

I read some of what's happening in Tennessee and Nashville. Stay safe and warm over there. I hope your power stays on.

 

[Beau]

Things are fairly dire in Nashville.

Yeah Tennessee looks to have gotten much worse than North Carolina. My family is 2 hours south of Nashville and they have no power, tree branches falling left and right, and the transformer and power lines are down blocking the driveway so they can't drive anywhere. Then tonight the arctic air swoops in. It's not good.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015535968091037730

 

[Mark7]

Things are fairly dire in Nashville. I would say 35- 40% of residents are without power. Artic air is flowing in, flash freezing everything and brisk winds are expected to cause more tree damage to power lines. Temperatures are not supposed to get out of the teens tomorrow. By some miracle my electricity is still on, but it went out briefly just a short while ago. Keeping my fingers crossed. Last count was a quarter of a million without power. I can hear many emergency vehicles in the distance.

Power went out here around 1 pm. It's 6:30 now and still out. I have a small generator for a space heater, and we also have a buddy heater. We are fine otherwise. Roads are semi-passable, so I expect the situation to improve by tomorrow and Tuesday, but we are in for a couple of very chilly nights, potentially without power.

 

[genero81]

I have a friend who has power restored already after eight hours in Lennox Village, so hopefully you will get relief soon @Mark7

 

[Mark7]

Yeah Tennessee looks to have gotten much worse than North Carolina. My family is 2 hours south of Nashville and they have no power, tree branches falling left and right, and the transformer and power lines are down blocking the driveway so they can't drive anywhere. Then tonight the arctic air swoops in. It's not good.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015535968091037730

3 huge branches of a large tree in the backyard fell, one branch fell on the roof, but it has not done much damage, I think. It made a huge noise when it fell, waking me up this morning. Frost booms and strange noises all over. Trees are down everywhere. Rather serious.

 

[Beau]

North Mississippi looks really bad too.

https://www.facebook.com/100044544121634/posts/1416082576553200

WORSE CASE scenario for icing has unfolded in North Mississippi. This ice Storm may leave many without power for two weeks. Now, they face SINGLE DIGIT OVERNIGHT LOWS tonight and tomorrow, with highs in the low 20s.

Electricity is needed to heat most homes there so water pipes inside the home may burst when ultimately frozen. Even though the storm is ending, many of their problems have only just started. Everyone in the blackout zone, now exceeding 1,000,000 households, need to be careful with carbon monoxide poisoning risks in using various means to stay warm. (Never run a generator indoors or too close to the home, never heat the house with a camping stove, never run a vehicle in the garage, in an effort to stay warm. It sounds basic, but sometimes logic escapes in stress situations.)

I've personally seen it like this before, in March 1993 in New England, as the silence of the snowscape is interrupted every few minutes with the blast of a shotgun sound, as large limbs and trees spit and fall. It's creepy to hear, and worse, knowing that every break means power could be out that much longer.