Oh, Lordy! Ice storm coming!

[JudyMcKinn]

Oh, boy! checked my chickens before dark (at 4:30 p.m.) and there is a mist starting to fall, and in spite of all odds, tho it is 20 degrees, it is falling as water, and freezing as it hits. I sure hope this doesn't keep up--sure won't be good if it does. How are some of the rest of you doing?

 

[justusnak]

I keep getting conflicting reports from different news stations, One says...ICE ICE ICE....the other says Snow! I dont want either! I have 3 bators going, and a big brooder in the garage with babies. At least we have the wood stove..and I think I might be able to get the bators close enough to keep them warm, and of course...the babies will come inside, in a bird cage if need be. DH is picking up 4 heads of cabbage for me tonight on his way home from work. If the nets come down, the birds stay locked inside...so the cabbage will be handy as a peck preventative. I cant get out there to fix netting because I have pneumonia. Sounds like LOTS of inside time for the birds...ohhh, they will NOT like me!

COME ON SPRING!

 

[cluckychick]

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I just heard I-44 is closed over by Joplin. Things are icing bad they say on the news. Be careful, be warm

 

[pirtykitty]

They are calling for us to get some of the ice here by tomorrow afternoon I think.. Not looking forward to it cause it gets hazzardous . But any moisture is better than nothing since we are in a drought right now.. We also don't know how to handle ice here as we hardly ever get it or snow. LOL.. When we do we go bonkers...

 

[bockbock2008]

We've gotten just a sprinkling of freezing rain. Nothing much yet. But I did go the grocery yesterday just in case!!

 

[Missouri chick]

I just talked with family in Springfield MO. Ice sleet and snow falling. School bus was stranded with kids still on it. Parents were getting stuck going to get the kids. I sure hope all is well and those ice storms don't return like last time. Ya'll have had it BAD!!

 

[WriterofWords]

Winter forgot us, we haven't had rain since August, but I don't want your weather. I'd like some moisture around here, and cold enough weather for about a week to kill of a bunch of insects in the trees. I hope all goes well for you!

 

[sarabeth]

we have about an inch of ice and sleet now with it still coming down and the worst is suppose to be here tomorrow.

 

[JudyMcKinn]

3 a.m. & I can't sleep. Looks like we have about an inch of sleet. And as Sarabeth says, the worst is to come tomorrow---well, today now, as I guess it is early Tues. now. I bet it is a mess in AR now. Sure hope it doesn't get as bad as they predict. We are 30 miles N. of Springfield. What I was dreading the worst was ice--it takes down the netting over my chicken pens. Sure a lot of trouble to get that all taken down, all torn up, and get new up. But so far so good--it has been sleet, which hasn't stuck to stuff. It's still about 20 degrees here, which is better than zero, but still too cold. Good luck, everyone.

 

[speckledhen]

NOBODY wants an ice storm! I've been through quite a few of those and I'd rather be buried in snow. We are going to be at the southern edge of the ice storm that's coming across and I hope we dont lose power. At least my eggs aren't in the bator just yet! Everyone in its path, please be safe!!