So we appear to have survived the Great Ice Storm of Death™ here in Redneckville. Not without a lot of panic and chaos all over town to begin with though. In a manner that didn't remind us of cable news fear mongers at all, the local weathermen and women told us that this would be the worst winter storm in the history of the world!
Ice! Blizzards! High winds! Power outages! Wrath of God shit!
Well, it was pretty bad. And kind of bizarre. At 9 am it was raining. Hard. About a half out later everything was frozen up solid and it was sleeting. Then it rained again. Then sleet. Then blizzard like conditions. Then the sun came out. Then round two of the blizzard with VERY high winds. Then the sun came back out. All before 3 pm.
But, in the end, we didn't get the nearly 12 inches of snow they had feared. We got a couple of inches of ice and on top of it a couple more inches of snow. Maybe we got more snow. It's hard to tell because of the winds and the drifts, but the drifts weren't more than 8” deep, so we couldn't have gotten that much snow. I guess.
Anyway, this is what it looked like at the it's worst...
And this is what the entry looked like today...
Even the flag froze...
I talked to one dude who had gotten out and he said it was (please use your best redneck accent here) “just awful” in town. Said he slid all over everywhere and most of the town was shut down. And it will be again tomorrow. And quite possibly Friday.
Yeah, I know many places got it much worse. They always do. One of the givens of the internet is that no matter what you're talking about, it's much better or worse somewhere else. And people in those locals will tell you.
Got ice and snow? Someone will be by to say “Oh yeah, we got 30 inches of snow!!”
It's only 10 degrees? Someone will point out that it's MINUS 50 where they live!
Beautiful 70 degrees? It's a perfect 84 at the beach where someone else is.
So, even though it was OMG SO MUCH WORSE in other places. It was, in fact, pretty shitty here too. But, at least we didn't lose power and I didn't have to get out and take any chances. And by “take any chances” I mean worry about some stupid redneck in a sky blue 1977 drop-top Cadillac thinking he can drive on several inches of solid ice the same way he would on dry roads. So, it's all good.
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In other news it's just about that time of the week again! Thursday night at 11 pm EST will be yet another crap epic episode of “I'm With Stupid.” This week Matt-Man and I are throwing a Super Bowl Extravaganza! We're talking food and refreshments that you can serve at your Super Bowl party, along with previewing the game itself. We'll have a live remote from Marty Martstein from Dallas Fort Worth North Texas and, since we're talking NFL, Nipsey Russell will be there too! In addition to that, Guy Ahnyurdyck will call in from Egypt to let us know what is going on there. All this a lots more .. well, maybe not “lots” because we're going to 30 minutes this week in accordance with BTR's new rules.
Anyway, it'll be a GREAT time, so come on by and listen or listen in archives if you get the chance. Don't worry, I'm not keeping track of who does and doesn't listen so I'll know who to get payback against when I'm rich and famous. Well, not a formal, written list anyway.
I'm kidding! I'm kidding! I kid because I love.
BTW, you can now subscribe to “I'm With Stupid” in iTunes!!! How exciting is that? Here ya go:
Anyway, after our Super Bowl Extravaganza on “I'm With Stupid” I'll be back here on Friday with my own Super Bowl Party much like what I did last year in my Super Bowl preview.
