The First Freeze

So, we've experienced our first Midwest Ice Storm. It actually hasn't been all that bad. It comes because of what they call freezing rain - it's warm enough up in the atmosphere somewhere to be rain and not snow, but when it hits the ground, it's cold enough to freeze it. However, the freezing part hasn't really been happening - at least on the roads. I guess the friction of people driving is enough to keep things wet and sloshy... so what ends up happening, is people walk on the road rather than the sidewalk, because the sidewalks are a bit hazardous. (And it's been a little weird to have to break the ice off your door handle before you can get into the car).

Campus was closed yesterday, and there was a chance it would be today, but sadly, no. Alec will, in fact, be expected to show up at his History of Design Technology final this afternoon.

One thing that has been kind of crazy is all the power outages that have been happening. We haven't been affected by it, but on Monday, the governor declared a state of emergency and sent the National Guard out with water and generators for the 90,000-some-odd people who lost power further south and west of us. Also, there is not salt to be had to melt the ice... Not only can your average residential consumer not walk into their neighborhood ice-melt-supply store, but the actual city of Kansas City itself is out of ice... Who knows when that will be taken care of... Not to be critical, but Alec and I both think that one bad night of ice should not deplete your entire supply of ice-melt... But what do we know, we're only used to those mild, non-icy Logan winters...