Hello Rob!

** On Tuesday 30.12.25 - 08:40, you wrote:

I did my 2 week shopping today even though we'd gotten a
fair amount of freezing rain the night before. It wasn't
all that bad, the highways were mostly dry pavement but
the back roads were almost glare ice. The snow piles on
the sides of the road looking like shiny white glass, and
walking up and down the hill from my place on the shiny
bedrock was tricky, to say the least..

I am surprised that the Monday night ice-storm didn't even
cause a minor glitch/bump/outage! Tues morning, my truck had an
easy 1/4" layer of ice on the windshield (about the same
thinkness as my smartphone in its case). Took at least 30 min
to warm up the truck enough to just loosen the bottom half of
the ice (closest to the air vents). Total time to clear the
windshield and part of the side windows, 50 min!

But they were calling for much colder temps and close to
20cm (8 inches) of snow this afternoon and overnight
tonight so I figured I'd better drive in today if
possible.

That snowfall did not happen in my region.

[...] My heaters were running pretty non stop earlier but
it seems to be calming down some now. (1:30 AM)

Yes.. the constant winds outside did not help retain the heat
inside too well. My inside room temp was 19.9 or less most of
the time. Other parts of the house were cooler.
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August Abolins wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

the ice (closest to the air vents). Total time to clear the
windshield and part of the side windows, 50 min!

I used to use a rubbing alcohol and water solution on my windshield to melt
the ice. It worked every time. Just be careful to not to get it on paint and to clean the windshield with your washer fluid once the windshield heats up.

Again, with my memory being faulty, I asked Google:

"Yes, you can use a rubbing alcohol solution (isopropyl alcohol and water) to effectively de-ice a windshield because alcohol has a very low freezing point, melting ice on contact and preventing refreeze, but it's best diluted and used in a spray bottle, with some sources suggesting adding a drop of dish soap and noting potential wax stripping over time. A common ratio is two-thirds alcohol to one-third water, and it's a great alternative to scraping or hot water."

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I am surprised that the Monday night ice-storm didn't even

>cause a minor glitch/bump/outage! Tues morning, my truck had an
>easy 1/4" layer of ice on the windshield

Yes, I originally thought we didn't get the freezing rain until
I came out the next morning. No power flickers though and I
have no idea why not but there was ice everywhere but virtually
nothing on my car.. Maybe the sun came out early and it melted
but it was only about 10:30am when I was leaving..

But they were calling for much colder temps and close to
20cm (8 inches) of snow this afternoon and overnight
tonight so I figured I'd better drive in today if possible.

That snowfall did not happen in my region.

No, I may have gotten 3 or 4 cm of snow but that was all.
For a change the weather in Toronto is a lot worse than it
was up here, and has been for a while..

I met a neighbour lady today for the first time, although she's
lived a bay over from me for almost 30 years. I was clearing the
light snow off and around my car when she walked down the driveway.

Long stort short, we ended up chatting for about 25 minutes, and
my hands even in lined gloves were getting painful since it was
breezy and -12c, but she was passimg (trespassing?) my place on
her way home. She jogs the roads around the block and down our
private road here which she follows out to the bay and then
across the ice back to her place. As I said, it was pretty
cold today and her route is 5 km long. Something she said also
makes me think she is well into her 70's, although she obviously
looks to be in good shape.. Better than me at jogging anyways.

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