IceAggedon: The First Wave

I'm supposed to be working (from home) but the remote system servers are crashing.  Too many people trying to get in remote rather than brave the roads.  The boss man says that once you get out of the housing additions and to the main roads things are fine, just wet.  The problem is getting there.  My street is a smooth sheet of ice about 1/2 an inch thick.  Really, I could go ice skating in the cul de sac. 

So the plan is to maybe fix some lunch then try to log in to the office again.  If I still can't get in then today is a holiday.  Surely IceAggedon counts as a holiday?

The second wave is just now reaching Illinois so its about 2-3 hours away.  That wave is supposed to nail us with more freezing rain leaving up to another inch of ice then a coating of a couple of inches of snow.  The weather advisory goes until 7:00 PM tomorrow so I'm not expecting to go anywhere for at least a couple of days.  I hope to be back in the office on Thursday but it kind of depends on my ability to get out of my neighborhood. 

( Have some pictures of the IceAggedon! )

IceAggedon: Second Wave Has Arrived

I was finally able to get logged in to work around noon.  So I managed to work a half day rather than a whole one.  Overall I'm happy with this.  I haven't lost power yet (knock on wood) although the lights did dim/flicker a couple of times between 1:00 and 2:00 pm.  No idea what that was about.

Now I can hear the freezing rain sleet hitting the windows, meaning the second wave has arrived.  We have an official ice storm warning, something I don't recall ever seeing before.  The rain has started, the wind has picked up, and it is COLD!  Perfect recipe for downed trees and power lines.  I'll be cranking up the fire here soon.  And praying that the power stays on.