Nothing to report. The weather is the big news for this part of the State. It's mostly the 40 mph winds. It really isn't all that cold until the wind is added. I had 29* this morning and it's supposed to be colder tomorrow. We did get cold enough to freeze and we had some scattered precipitation, rain, sleet, maybe snow. I don't know I didn't see any here. We have a coating of ice on the car and anything else that is outside. Not a lot, just enough to cause damage to the plants. We covered our plants like we do every year but the wind won and uncovered the biggest part. So we will likely lose some. I hear reports of accidents in town on bridges that get a little iced up. The drivers here aren't too bright when it comes to ice on roads. Having been in the road business for over 30 years I have seen it all and how the locals deal with ice. Due to the idiot drivers our agency tended to overreact in protecting them from themselves. We closed bridges and then roadways. This caused major traffic issues and tons of criticism. But the over reaction came from seeing people die on the ice and getting sued because they thought we didn't do enough. It's impossible to protect idiots from themselves. I was and still am of the mind the drivers are responsible for their own actions. Warn them of the danger repeatedly yet let them decide for themselves. The Darwin effect. The problem with this approach is they endanger others that are taking precautions. It's a lose lose situation. It will never be perfect as long as people are involved.
The wife worked at a friends business last week, like she did last year, making calls to customers to let them know about their annual big sale. Mind numbing work but it gives us some extra cash for the upcoming gifting season. Last year we scored a lot of deer meat from the owner. Not so lucky this year as he sold his ranch. But since our extra fridge quit earlier this year, we don't have room to store any.
The Granddaughter (the youngest-I call her Nugget) is here and stayed last night. We may try to keep her an additional night. Trying to give Dad a break as he is working hard to get a new comic funded. The second in his series. She was a little fussier than usual so we were glad to get her off his hands. His deadline is coming soon so we will try to keep her at least one more night to give him some extra time.
Happy Trails
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Forty degree drop in temps up here... Re the roads- "our agency tended to overreact in protecting them from themselves", leads to people not accepting personal responsibility for the idiocy, as you said. The problem is, a lot of the time, it's the innocent that get caught up in the idiocy... sigh...
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