The OSUT #215 Hello winter and good bye 2020

[DoggyDaddy]

Howdy mom and yote hunter!

 

[mom45]

Hey DD

I got the floor swept and mopped and laundry well underway. I need to go start some chicken and dumplings as we have plans with friends tomorrow and I volunteered to cook something for dinner.

 

[GregD]

Howdy Yote

 

[maxwelhse]

Power outage repair status has changed to "Assessment in progress" so a crew should be out working on it now. I can hear some sort of murr-murr off in the distance like some sort of machinery is running.

The ice is a lot worse than I thought it was too. There are like 4" icicles hanging off of the stuff in front of the house. The whole neighborhood is iced over.

 

[mom45]

SIL finally got home about 30 minutes ago after being gone since early this morning to respond to accident calls. He texted hubby and told him no way are we going to get to Valpo tonight. 30 is apparently extremely bad...solid ice.

 

[Old Bear]

Found out in the past couple of days that my oldest sister is going to go into hospice care. After a bout with Covid and pneumonia (which we really didn't think she'd survive), she was sounding better and it was looking like she'd be going back to her assisted living apartment.

Just a few days ago she appeared to have suffered a stroke, and was incoherent. She regained enough of her faculties to make the decision that she wanted to stop her dialysis and go into hospice care. She's been through so many health issues for most of her life and she's just tired and ready to go. I can't say that I blame her.

The doctors said that once a person stops dialysis, they usually don't live for more than a week or two.

Sorry to here about your sister DD

 

[red_zr24x4]

I should have taken a nap
Still icy here, mostly seems like rain coming down now, no freezing rain.
Power went out for about 5 seconds just enough to screw everything up

 

[red_zr24x4]

Afternoon Bear

 

[red_zr24x4]

I was wondering about your trip to valpo mom

 

[Old Bear]

Afternoon Red

Lots of ice here....several large pine limbs down all over the yard. Good thing I bought more bar oil and and new chain for my saw

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Sorry to here about your sister DD

Howdy Bear. Thanks.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You guys up north definitely got it a lot worse than we did. Just let the dog out a few minutes ago and it felt like it's probably in the mid 40's here, and the rain has stopped.

 

[Old Bear]

Still raining here....wind finally died down a little.

 

[Old Bear]

This crappy weather gave me a good excuse to stay inside and refinish the stock on one of my Enfields

 

[mom45]

Still 32 here. Trees are coated in ice. We haven't lost power but Marshall County has 8,000 without power the last I saw.

Hubby hasn't come home yet, but I hope he has changed his mind about going out. I don't want to go.

 

[churchmouse]

Misty foggy wet. The air is like a wet washrag and 42* here.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Just had the dogs out, I think it's turning to freezing rain again

 

[maxwelhse]

Nipsco now reporting 16,000 without power and those are only the reported ones (i.e., I'm the only who reported in my area, according to their map, but we're all down).

I'm wondering at what point I should consider digging the genny out. It's gonna get cool in here sooner or later.

 

[GregD]

It 36* here . . . hope it doesn't go down tonight.

 

[target64]

Good afternoon people