ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST MONDAY. A SUBSTANTIAL AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY MID MORNING MONDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
Ok, so I probably asked for that. Nothing has changed for now from the morning pictures except that I shoveled and some street snow melted. We are at 32 now on the porch which is perfect for sheets of freezing rain.
The cats have the right idea:
Open mic was quite the groovy happening. Here is one of our performers. We probably had at least 10 musicians and three poets.
Here's a quick shot from the performance area. Best coffee in town!
More as the storm progresses.....
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