If this title is not already the title of a horror movie or a mystery novel, it should be. Really. Anyway, the last and twelfth day of Christmas was earlier this week. People now have no reason to keep their decorations up, but some have. Sure, most decorations have been taken down, such as the pair of skeletons dressed up as Santa and a female elf sitting on a bench, but some had not. Just yesterday, I passed houses with their lights still up and on, although that might have been because the power had been off from the recent winter storm and had just been restored. Maybe they didn't have time to take them down. Who knows? One house just up the street from me not only still have some Christmas figures on their porch, they still have some Halloween decorations on their second story balcony. At least Wheelwright didn't have that problem, as they didn't put any up last year. There was a disagreement with on one the officials who said they didn't like some of the decor, so none were put up at all. Anywhere in town. Quite a shame actually, as my mother was in a position to get one of the better-looking ones put up nearby. Oh well. At least the last storm ended up being a little less dreadful for me than it could have been. The snow started about an hour or so earlier than anticipated, with rates of about an inch an hour. However, it stopped by early afternoon before starting back after many gaps as sleet before transitioning to sleet, then freezing rain, and finally rain by night. Sure, I wound up staying at home on Monday to let the roads get cleared, but there weren't really any big problems for me. Well, it took over thirty minutes to clear off the ice-encased snow from my car yesterday morning and there were some bad spots on the roads, but I was overall fine. Most place had a little over an inch after the melting from the rain. I got to see a buck elk last night in the old field, and at least two deer cross the road on the mountain. There is now going to be a second storm in a few days, and I have no idea what is going on. I barely knew about the winter weather advisory for today. For some reason, The Weather Channel is not giving local conditions on the air, only from the website. While it might be nice knowing what is going to happen in dozens of cities across the country, it doesn't help me. I couldn't even be sure about what the range the temperature could be. My phone has an approximate one, but it usually thinks I'm somewhere else when at home. It is slightly better than have the video feed freeze but no the audio. Local television isn't much better. The corporate owners of the Hazard station decided it would save money by ending the weekend coverage. I didn't get any local weather news until Monday morning about the last storm. I couldn't get decent information about the early alerts for the next storm this morning either. I finally saw a map with the counties involved, as well as those for today's advisory, but that was the most I could get at once, without trying to read about multiple counties over three states in a scroll. The Lexington and Huntington markets barely cover anywhere so far from their home stations, so missing out on weekend weather updates will hurt. The pattern is setting up similar to one from a few years ago, yet almost in reverse. That time, there was a heavy snow Sunday night into Monday, a brief advisory on Wednesday, and a large icing event the following Saturday. Even the roof and ceiling damage at Weddington Plaza is repeating itself. Currently, the next system is trending 3-5 inches with either pockets of less/more snow possible. I estimate closer to 2-4, but even my frequently accurate predictions can fail without good data.
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