Ice Ice Baby

Okay - I now offically hate Indiana. We don't get snow, we get ice - and lots of it.

Yesterday about 3pm the freezing rain started. At our house it let up about 7pm and turned over to rain which was good as the rain started to melt the ice. But in other areas the freezing rain didn't stop till alot later.

So yesterday it was in the low 30's with freezing rain. What do I wake up to this morning? Upper 40's and its just pouring out. I am sort of glad its not snowing but if it were cold enough to snow it probably would just be coming down as more freezing rain!!

This is the 3rd time we have had freezing rain in the last 2 weeks. The road that goes thru town and continues west to the next town was shut down last night - don't know what happened there. And they knew we were going to get this but until it started I never saw a salt truck nor did they put down the slurry mix they often use.

My neighbor up the hill had to park in my driveway last night. He made it up the hill to his house and parked the car. The car then proceeded to slide backwards down his driveway and out into the street. He was able to gain control and slide it back down the street and get it in my driveway.

As it is, when I parked in the driveway my car slide back a couple feet before the gravel took hold. This morning the asphalt protion of the driveway is free of ice but any where there is gravel its still frozen solid. Makes it so much fun getting the paper.