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This sucks.

We were clobbered last night by an ice storm that left up to one inch of sheet ice everywhere. 

For those of you that don't live in areas where this happens...3 feet of snow couldn't do the same damage is half an inch of ice.

Maine has just over one million people in the entire state.  300,000+ are without power.

And, fun-fun, it's supposed to be 15 tonight...20 for a high tomorrow and then a low of 3 Saturday night.

This sucks.  I don't have power at home, just at work - and I honestly only came in to charge my wife and my cell phones.

hope you have a fireplace then and lots of timber .. it doesn't sound like the power is going to be back up before next week sometime

We have a fireplace, we should be all set.  If we weren't I would run out and buy a generator and hook it up to my furnance. 

Generally the areas that stay in the dark the longest are the towns really off the beaten path.  We're in shouting distance of Portland - and my house is on the same grid as the public safety building and schools.  They have generators, yes, but CMP usually works on those areas first as an issue for public safety.  I'm hoping we'll get up and running again shortly...

 I heard lots of Sex will keep ya warm!  Drink Cola............Farts in baggy pants help as well.  ;D

Seriously though..........I hope your back up and running shortly.

TTIWWOP

Awesome.

Good Luck there Maine I feel for you,We've had Ice storms the Past 2 Janurary's....We're expecting to Get An Ice Event Mon night - Weds afternoon...

I'm making preparations later this afternoon,Stocking up on batteries,making sure the Battery powered Radios are good,Battery powered Lanterns etc,etc....I'm lucky I have a Gas Hot water heater,Stove,and heater..3 of the worse things..
1.) Boredom
2.) Seeing my Fish in my Aquarium die
3.) Sitting there in front of thousands of dollars of electronics..that are useless at that moment... :D

You said that 1/2" of sleet in more damaging that 3 ft. of snow.

Why is this?

I don't know much about inclement, cold weather.

For one thing,Ice Sticks to everything,and is heavier than Snow....Snow will fall off power lines,Ice sticks to them and weighs them down...Also,it Pulls on tree limbs and brings limbs into the power lines....

Modified to add,the road problem...Snow can be shoveled off,With ice,you have to wait for the Chemicals to work on the roads..So Crews are slower to get to the down lines.

Ice is a bitch. Black ice is the worst.

I've seen a couple of doozie ice storms in my life and would go through tons of snow before voluntarily braving another ice storm. The ice is definitely a lot heavier and more destructive than the fluffy white stuff.

I still remember the Maine winters... brrrrrrrrrr

I feel for ya Maine. I always welcomed a nice hard snow, but an ice storm sucks

What makes black ice and how is it tougher to handle than regular ice?

Maine, I am DYING to see some pictures of what the trees look like near your house. 

Thats just racist.............  ::)   ;D

Black ice is ice on the road that you don't see because the water mixes with all the road grime and is black, like the road.

I feel for ya Maine, we had ice storms last winter.  Luckily, we did not lose power but a lot of people did.  Power lines broke and trees fell on homes and buildings.  Ice storms are the worst.

Stay safe!

Not sleet as much as freezing rain.  Freezing rain does exactly what it says - it freezes on contact.  When I left work yesterday it had literally been raining for less than five minutes.  The ice on my car was so thick it took me 10 minutes to scrape it off so I could leave.

Snow, even wet sticky snow, will fall off things and not accumulate.  Think about a power line and then start tying five pound bags of ice to it...over and over.  Same thing with trees.  It sticks to everything eventually killing trees, snapping power lines. 

The one thing you'll find in areas like Maine, NH, Vermont that people dred the most are ice storms.

That is actually number #2.  Yankee fans are what people dred the most in those three states.  Lets me honest here.