Here in central North Carolina, we are awaiting what might be our first "wintry mix" of the year, after what has been described as a snow drought, expecting one to three inches where I am, and up to six further north and east. Predictions here are often shaky, so we could get up to six or nothing at all. We'll definitely have rain, possibly changing to snow, and looking at the predicted temperatures and current ground temperatures, whatever falls frozen may not stay long. In contrast, my sister, who lives in the Chicago area, had a heavy snow, what would be a blizzard here, on Halloween. We're hunkered down. Since we don't get much snow nor much accumulation, our snow clearing is budgeted, but brine has been put down on the bigger roads. It is comical to people from snowy areas, the way we close our schools, campuses and business, but we do get some vile ice glazes now and then that are serious, big business for orthopedics clinics setting bones and law enforcement rescuing surprised drivers.
