December 6, 2013, and the ice is building up.
Yep, it’s just right here in Tennessee for an ice
storm, and the ice is slowly building up.
Folks that live in the north laugh at us Tennesseans for
our reactions to snow and ice, but, if you haven’t had much experience driving
in snow and ice, you’d understand.
Personally, I don’t find snow that bad. You can travel in snow, if you use common
sense and drive slowly and alertly.
Ice is another thing altogether.
Applying your brakes does nothing, except to make your
car a two-thousand-pound ice skate. You
aren’t going to stop until you hit something that isn’t going to move, like a
tree…or a bridge abutment. It give real
meaning to the phrase, “Slip Sliding Away”.
The simplest way to drive on ice is the best way: Don’t.
Stay home.
Stay safe.
Stay warm.
If you continue to have electricity as the winter
weather continues, then I would say that it’s a great time to do some writing.
If you lose your electricity, and can’t write?
Simple.
Pick up a book, and…
Keep reading!
Michael (T. M.)
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