Just got back from a little walk on Beaver Ridge at Cheneworth Gap. We got about 1 1/2 inches with ice on the trees. An icy rain began to fall about half way through our walk and we heard a very large tree snap and fall somewhere west of us on the ridge.

We visited the 'fort' (a cluster of big rocks) where I played as a kid.

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We got about 1 1/2 inches with ice on the trees.

Really, Kenny? I stuck a ruler in Dennis's coat pocket when he went out to walk the pups and he came back in saying the backyard got about 2 1/2 inches. Maybe dense tree cover on the ridge meant a little less accumulation there?

Trudge on around the corner when you get bored this aft. We just put some con queso with habanero peppers on the stove and thought we might crack open some premixed margaritas my cousin brought over.

Petros for supper, with chili enough to share, and three Redbox movies we're content to return late :-)

What makes it all the more comical is that the forecasts got more and more far-fetched the closer the storm got. 3-5", then 3-7", then 4-9", then 6-12", then 15"!

Idiots. I guess common sense goes out the window if it doesn't agree with the magic computer model.

From a statistical standpoint, why would anyone ever forecast more than 5" for Knox County? If you just stuck to that rule, regardless of what the computer says, you might miss on the downside, what, once every seven or eight years?

That would be a better track record than we see now.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

I think you guys are being too hard on the weather guys. They said all along it would depend on where the transition line ended up. That turned out to be pretty much right over Knoxville, so I can how forecasting could have been difficult.

That said, I do think some of the weather guys put too much drama into discussing impending snowfall. Ch. 10 is worse than ch. 6 about that.

BTW, we have about 3 inches on the ground. More fell but has melted or was washed away by the rain.

It's been snowing here since 3 PM today.

Tired of it already. Would like to go for a walk without worrying about falling.

Funny, I measured 1 1/2 inches of snow in my back yard, Tamara is an eight minute walk away and got 2 1/2. A Flickr contact in Powell says he measured six inches.

Right now the temp here is 33° and the sun has already revealed a bit of pavement on my driveway.