ICE

Well the weathermen were right again. 

Ice everywhere and it's still coming down. Really praying we don't lose lower but Aiken, SC already has something like 4,000 people without power. 

Adding some more pics. Joe and I took off down the road on the 4 wheeler to check out the ice conditions. It's pretty thick slush on the road.  Tonight all of that will freeze and it's going to be a dangerous icey mess. 

Update: 7:40 pm. Power went out about 7:00 so joe got the generator going and plugged in a lamp. We have a space heater for later if we need it. Somewhere behind us there was a flashing light. Joe said it was a transformer. He just left to run a call for the same reason. About 5 minutes after he left he called to tell me he watched a tree fall right in front of him. I'm officially scared. We have trees all around us and a power pole and transformer right next to the house. I'm so worried something bad is going to happen. The rain/ice is still falling and the temps are dropping. The wind is blowing pretty strong. It's going to be a long and stressful night. Praying for Joe and all the other emergency workers out in these dangerous conditions. 

10:30 pm:  It's getting worse and I'm scared. Joe is out and I just heard him call dispatch to say he needs someone from road crew to get a tree out of the road on Salem Rd.  He called and said a power line was down at the sharp curve to the left of us and then the tree down on Salem. He said he was going to try to at least get one lane open. He's got his chainsaw. He sent this pic:

And earlier he came back from cutting up a fallen tree just up the street at Salem church with this:

The ice on those pine needles is at least 1/2 inch thick. This is crazy.