Mess

Raining.  33 F.  Quarter inch of ice on the trees, two inches of slush on the ground.  We have power now -- lost it just about breakfast time, but at least before I started cooking anything . . .

If you want me, I'll be shoving slush out of the driveway.

Update

(In the off-hand chance that anyone cares . . .)

Have released two cars from their icy shrouds.  Cleared end of driveway and space around cars and sidewalk and steps.  Rain continues.  Weather.com reiterates their belief in 33 F air temperature.  We have received a mail delivery notable for the continued obstinate absence of checks.

Wife has departed for the nature center.  I hope someone in the PTB ranks recognizes "above and beyond the call of duty", especially for a job whose pay-scale verges on volunteer work.  But that's unlikely, even for a non-profit.

I think this may be a cheese-potato soup day.

Digital TV -- a threat to National Security?

Amusing (sorta) conditions for the noon news.  Digital reception was shitty, with so many dropouts and freezes that the information content approached zero.  Analog reception on the same channels remained usable.  Since TV represents a major communications system for emergency situations, this may be a problem in the future.

(A couple of stations are off the air, both analog and digital signals.)

In the actual news, I did extract the information that somewhere in excess of 500,000 people are without power in Maine and New Hampshire.  Since I am posting to LJ, we do not seem to be numbered in that statistic.