My OperaA shot across the bow
Friday, December 12, 2008 5:40:18 PM
Old Man Winter is knocking on the door. He dropped an ice storm in our lap last night. Look at the accumulation on the radio antennae on my truck, from my commute home last night:
The top picture is of the FM radio antenna, which is stiff enough to stay upright at speed. The bottom two are amateur radio antennae, and the ice accumulated and "froze" them into the position they are swept back into while going down the road, even while sitting still.
Lots of power outages across the State. The Concord Monitor was reporting about 300,000 people without power, and it may not be restored to all until some time next week. I had no power when I left home this morning, hopefully it will be back on soon or I will have to either empty the refrigerator into coolers outside and see if we can store the frozen food in someone else's freezer, or see if I can resurrect my generator for some temporary power. Fun, fun, fun.
The top picture is of the FM radio antenna, which is stiff enough to stay upright at speed. The bottom two are amateur radio antennae, and the ice accumulated and "froze" them into the position they are swept back into while going down the road, even while sitting still.
Lots of power outages across the State. The Concord Monitor was reporting about 300,000 people without power, and it may not be restored to all until some time next week. I had no power when I left home this morning, hopefully it will be back on soon or I will have to either empty the refrigerator into coolers outside and see if we can store the frozen food in someone else's freezer, or see if I can resurrect my generator for some temporary power. Fun, fun, fun.
