Watch Out For Ice

DHS told FEMA not to talk about ice when they issue warnings about the coming winter storm. Why? Because people will hear ICE and make memes out of it. They are supposed to use terms like "freezing rain" instead. What snowflakes. Oops, that word will be banned next. 

Of course, it has already happened, but since the news got out, it only encouraged the production of more memes, many of which you can see at Fark. 

Meanwhile, I hope everyone in the storm's path is as prepared as can be. I have the supplies I need, and nowhere I have to go. I live in town, so I can walk out if I need to, and I have Yaktraks. My phone is fully charged. I will leave my favorite games loaded on an extra window on my desktop, because the cable is pretty much guaranteed to go out. The worst that could happen to me is the electricity going down, which will affect heating. If that happens, and the house gets cold, the problem is finding out how widespread the outage is, because there's no use in walking out if there's nowhere warm to go. And my area will stay below freezing for a week after the storm. However, if worst comes to worst, I have gas logs in one fireplace. I don't know where the key to turn them on is, but a socket wrench will work.