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Power's back

Joe Gregorio: Welcome to the weather of North Carolina. When it comes to the weather here it's not the average that will get you, it's the standard deviation.  The power went out here just before dinner was ready.  Just came back now... just as we were all preparing to go to sleep again in the family room around the fireplace. 

The radio is calling this Fran on ice.  To me, there is no comparison... with Fran we lost 7 trees, including two rather big ones... the first time I ever used a chainsaw it was on a tree that was nearly twice the blade width in diameter.  When the ground shook when the tree landed and the stump snapped back upright I realized how dumb I was to attempt such a thing... despite the fact that everything went exactly as it was supposed to.

With this storm, the roads are dry and passable during the day.  And I only lost two relatively small trees.

That first time I heard "Fran with Ice" was spoken by a CPnL spokesguy during the Govnas press conference Thursday. He said that a "seasoned linesman that was here during Fran" described the damage to the power lines as "Fran with ice".

It was only meant to describe the impact that was had on the power lines. Not the damage in general. It's a catchy phrase, so I supect it's being repeated in order to sensationalize events. But it's origins are at least not absurd.

Posted by Dan Isaacs at

I agree 100% with Joe Gregorio. Fran was very different. With this storm, I lost a lot of limbs from the trees, but only one tree is a total loss. With Fran I lost 25 big trees, and I had two of them over the house. But the power loss is much harder this time because of the cold (12F last night). Fran was warm (september)

Posted by Jean-Paul Louis at

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