OK - we sure got it. We had some snow left over from Fri and Sat. Then Tuesday brought a real storm. 3 - 4 inches in our yard, with snow blowing all morning, up to 30 -40 mph. It was blowing off trees and the house, building up in drifts. It was pretty cool, and very hard for a lot of the day. Schools and everything else closed all over. Of course, we didn't get as much as Portland, but it was quite a bit for us. Temps in mid 20's all day. Then about 8pm, it started freezing rain. Did I mention it hasn't been up to freezing since about Sat or Sun? We got up to 35 one of those days, prob Sun. Tues was in the low 20's most of the day, warming up to 27 by the evening. That's when the rain came. It was supposed to warm up quite a bit over the night and be fine today. But the weather people were wrong again. This morning everything is covered in about 1/2 - 1 in of ice. There is a lot of snow left, and the roads are mush. The biggest disappointment is the beautiful lace leaf maple in the front of our house split due to the ice, and I don't think it will survive. It was one of my favorites, and so beautiful in the summer. One side of our house is solid ice, and you can see the ripples all frozen down the side of it. We have lots of icicles and the trees are really pretty, except for my broken one.
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