Ice

Greer, South Carolina iced over today. They canceled school, public works put salt and dirt on some intersections and glanced at that brand new snow blower that's gotta be 2 years old now, and many people simply assumed that ice makes your car go in a straight line faster....their attempts to test this theory were met with sirens...many sirens...Another fun side effect of ice was the many tree limbs that couldn't stand the pressure. Power went out all over the place. The office power went soon after I showed up for work, parent's house lost power early on. My house wasn't affected, and my UPS took care of any occasional slips that the power company experienced. The beetle took the whole situation rather well and became rather skilled at dodging fallen branches. Especially the two big ones that are rather close to each other at the other end of my street.