Wanting Snow - Not Ice

Winter really begins to bug me about this time each year. It is either too cold or unusually warm. Last year, the temperature went back and forth constantly sending severe thunderstorms our way all through January and February. This year we are getting the opposite. We have had ice storms, yet without the snow.

Back in December, West Tennessee had an ice storm that shut down many school systems and cancelled one of our finals in Jackson. We named the storm an"invisible" ice storm because we received none of it in Jackson. But it did affect most of Northwest Tennessee. Now we are in the middle of another ice storm that sent just enough ice to cause problems with people's electricity. All afternoon we have been waiting for the storm to set in, but it still has not come. As the temperature drops tonight I guess we will receive some of that ice. But as of now this storm is shaping up to be "invisible" as well.

But why ice? I do not want ice that weighs down power lines, breaks trees, and causes wrecks. If we are going to have cold weather and precipitation at the same time, then it needs to turn into snow. That is what is fun and does not cause as many problems. So where is the snow? We are told that it is coming, tonight. Maybe it will. All I know is that I want some snow and not ice.

However, this is Winter. Winter is supposed to be cold. There is supposed to be snow and ice. I am just thankful that the temperatures are remaining consistent and are not fluctuating like crazy. Until Spring, I guess we will just endure the cold Winter.

Matt