Posted by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 9:10am
Msg #496839

Good Morning Oklahoma Weather! Iced in (again). Rained

all night and temp holding steady at 32 degs F with black ice on the roads. Icicles about 4 inches long all the trees, shrubs, and flowers are heavy-laden with sheets of ice . . . Photos say it best.

Anyone have golf shoes I can borrow to pick up the mail? teehee

Reply by Linda Juenger on 12/21/13 9:30am
Msg #496840

We have heavy heavy rain moving in from OK. No ice yet as we are about 38. Be safe out there.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 9:44am
Msg #496841

Thanks, Linda! Sorry it is coming your way, but Happy that

your temps are above freezing! Stay safe & warm.

Reply by ikando on 12/21/13 11:28am
Msg #496847

I bought some of those spikes that you put on over your shoes. Haven't used them yet. My concern is the power lines & tree limbs falling. Ice is heavy!!

By the way, if you use a towel on the surface where you want to walk, it gives traction for getting to the mailbox. Maybe two so you can pick up one while standing on another. Environmentally safe too.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 11:43am
Msg #496848

Thanks, Karen! Is it icy in your area, too? Temp still

hovering at 32. Forecast indicated 41 today, crossing my fingers. Bulk of power lines here are underground. Stay warm! Got some cocoa with marshmallows?!!

Reply by MikeC/TX on 12/23/13 12:32am
Msg #496927

"By the way, if you use a towel on the surface where you want to walk, it gives traction for getting to the mailbox. Maybe two so you can pick up one while standing on another. Environmentally safe too"

Kitty litter works just fine for traction on ice.. Back in NY, we would throw a bag of it in the trunk during the winter. Get stuck on ice, just spread it under the wheel and you were good to go...

Reply by Rick Ary on 12/21/13 12:30pm
Msg #496850

Have a closing at 1PM and started my car 35 min ago. Ready to go in beautiful Oklahoma

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 12:43pm
Msg #496851

Be safe out there, Rick! It's 32.9 degs. Road Supervisor

said all roads are passable, but be especially cautious, of course, on bridges/overpasses. Forecast of 41 degs for today and hoping it comes through!

Truly LOVE Karen's 'towel' suggestion for stability! Be Safe!

Reply by Rick Ary on 12/21/13 2:25pm
Msg #496856

Re: Be safe out there, Rick! It

Thanks Christine, everything is good. Roads are just wet with very little ice right now.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 2:29pm
Msg #496857

Tnx! Out to 'sneak' in some last-minute Christmas stuff :D n/m

Reply by sueharke on 12/21/13 12:59pm
Msg #496852

When I moved from Texas in around 2000, we made it out between two ice storms. Some of the plants did not make it, but we did. I do understand how you feel.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 1:04pm
Msg #496853

WoW! Sue, that is awesome! How is your weather there

now? Are you close to the Big Sur/Pfeiffer fires? A friend of mine is in the thick of it . . . Be safe.

Reply by sueharke on 12/21/13 3:45pm
Msg #496865

Re: WoW! Sue, that is awesome! How is your weather there

I live in Sacramento, CA now. I'm in a t shirt now, but have a jacket in the care should it get cool.

The difference between Plano, TX weather in the summer is that Sacto has dry heat whereas Plano has humid heat in the summer. Also, rare snow where I live. Now we want the rain here that is turning to ice and snow in Oklahoma and central/eastern US.

It does get cold here as we got the freeze we needed for the plants and to kill some of the bugs.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 3:57pm
Msg #496868

A freeze snap is ALWAYS welcome for that! Dreamin of T-shirt

weather. Just returned from a quick signing and the roads are safe, just cautious over bridges. Continues to steadily rain and temp is still hovering at 32 degs. It will be treacherous if the temps drop tonight! :-/

Reply by parkerc/ME on 12/21/13 3:00pm
Msg #496860

Freezing rain due here

You must be sending it this way, Christine. Warnings about iced roads and power outages here beginning to note and tomorrow. I'd hunker down tomorrow but I have a wedding to perform at noon tomorrow down the road. Glad I have no signings scheduled.

Reply by parkerc/ME on 12/21/13 3:02pm
Msg #496862

...tonite..(darned tablet keyboard!) n/m

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 3:59pm
Msg #496869

Mama Nature is Strong-Willed! She goes where she would

like! lol

The power lines are heavy-laden here. Roads are clear for now, but continues to steadily rain and temp is still hovering at 32 degs. It will be treacherous if the temps drop tonight! :-/

Hopefully your Wedding to perform 'down the road' is close by. Be safe!

Reply by MonicaFL on 12/21/13 3:05pm
Msg #496863

golf shoes won't help you these days - they all have rubber spikes UNLESS you can get a hold of the "old" ones that have the metal spikes. Even at that I would be extremely careful. Hope you are safe.

Reply by Christine/OK on 12/21/13 4:01pm
Msg #496870

Man! Yep - I am 'old school' . . . Did not know about the

new rubber cleats! Thanks for the 'heads-up' Monica!

Just returned from a quick signing and the roads are safe, just was cautious over bridges. It continues to steadily rain & temp is still hovering at 32 degs. It will be treacherous if the temps drop tonight! :-/ Crossing my fingers that the tem rises! I know - wishful thinking . . .

Reply by MW/VA on 12/21/13 5:38pm
Msg #496872

Ice is terrible to deal with. I remember it from the days

of living in PA, and it's happened a couple of times here in SE Virginia. We have the
opposite going on here--in the 70's today & close to 80 tomorrow. Weather is so freaky these days.
One lesson I learned long ago--no one can drive in ice! Stay safe!

Reply by 101livescan on 12/22/13 10:05am
Msg #496891

Re: Ice is terrible to deal with. I remember it from the days

In 1964, I spun out on black ice on a bridge on my way to school, my little 1947 red VW bug ended up on its top, I unlatched my lap belt crawled out the window, which I was able to roll down, and realized I had just used one of my nine lives that morning.

A very close call! I had no passengers, thank God.

Reply by ikando on 12/22/13 12:24pm
Msg #496899

Re: Ice is terrible to deal with. I remember it from the days

Cheryl, I bet you meant 1964 VW. Glad you made it okay. You do seem to have multiple lives and an angel on your shoulder. Wishing you a safe and merry Christmas.