Ice storm

 

 

I woke up around 2:30 am. Something did not seem right. After tossing and turning, I finally went in the kitchen and the window was covered in a glaze of ice- like looking through an ice cube. The freezing rain had arrived just as predicted. 

 

Everything is slippery as a skating rink. Ice storms (fortunately) are rare here. The city is shut down, public transportation suspended. SeaTac Airport closed with hundreds of flights cancelled. And the roads and highways already clogged with wrecks caused by people who had to go out this morning (or thought they did.)

I turned the thermostat up to 70 to heat the house, several degrees warmer than usual, just in case we lost power later. I made coffee and took a few things out of the fridge. The ice was building up so quickly an outage seemed likely.

Here's the good news. It's 26 degrees now, but by the end of the day we'll be 15 degrees warmer. Also the freezing rain has eased off somewhat, at least here in Seattle. A long nap is in order today, hopefully to the sound of real dripping rain this afternoon.