We got hit with an ice storm last night. The effects were pretty dramatic. You can see the direction the wind was blowing as one side of my house is encased in ice.

We're good, no frozen pipes, etc. However everything looks like some sort of fantasy novel where some sort of evil wizard has frozen the realm.

Reposting here since our community has effectively split.

Cancer finally got the better of TryCatchHCF. He was "a real mensch" as they'd say. A genuinely nice person with a big heart. Our community is poorer without him in it. Rest in peace, Joe.

https://twitter.com/rotate26chars/status/1612242052955398144?s=20&t=dEcViHdkQI2fRTbnMOAhuw

I want to put the drone up and get some video, but we're about 15 degrees below it's acceptable operating temperature. I'm afraid that at several hundred feet it will impersonate a rock.

Anyone have any issues operating a drone in very low temps?

Merry Christmas to those that celebrate. Happy Sunday to everyone else.

Hope the day is filled with good food, fun, and you get to spend it with the people you want to be with.

While my current Christmas situation is not ideal. I mean, we didn't get a tree for the first time in 24 years. I at least get to spend it with the woman I love in our little [frozen] chunk of heaven.

4 months ago we kicked off a remodel project to turn two smallish rooms into one master bedroom and the bathroom into an oasis.

Mind you we've only been in the house 6 months which means we've largely been living out of boxes. All of my hobbies have been packed away for a year now and it's been taking a toll on me. Super happy we can finally move in to our house and resume our life. Well, and look for work, after all the bullshit that happened earlier in the month.