Thursday - evening

As we count down the time until this major storm event closes in on us, we are seeing panic buying going on and let me tell ya, it's nice outside, No coat at all.  I forgot to turn the heater off in my room, it's hot in here.  That will change, of course, but today was a nice day temperature wise.  Tomorrow is going to be fine as well, actually.  I don't know why that other driver wanted off of his load for today and tomorrow, he could have done it without any adverse weather.

It's Saturday early morning we start having the problem. It's showing freezing rain and it's showing it for as long as the hourly forecast goes, which is until 4:00 pm Saturday currently.  This is the stuff that can bring down power lines and telephone poles.  

They still have me slated to drive Saturday and Sunday.  I wouldn't mind but for the ice.  That is a big no no in my book and if this forecast is correct, I will refuse the load if I have to and they can take their job and stick it where the sun don't shine.  I'm dead serious. That freezing rain is nothing to laugh at or mock people who don't want anything to do with it.  

But, for the hundreds if not thousands of times they've gotten the forecast wrong around here? I'll take a wait and see position on it and also hope that the plant up north simply says no, we aren't having employees trying to get here in this junk, we're closing down.