Ice in the fountain

Ice, Charleston, S.C.

We are such babies about weather in the lowcountry and it doesn't take much to send us into an Ice Storm tizzy. Our homes and roads simply aren't prepared to deal with cold and icy weather since we get it so infrequently. My azaleas were already starting to bud. Thursday night was our coldest and this was what the fountain in the courtyard at the hospital looked like.

I pulled all the protective blankets and sheets off my plants this morning because I understand it is supposed to be close to 70 degrees by tomorrow. That is enough of that!

Freaky Little Ice Scene

Hwy 78, S.C.

Bizarre scene for our area. These are long wooden poles that will become telephone poles. They keep them wet by spraying water over them and yesterday they were covered in ice. I took this from the SPCA parking lot, pressing my pocket camera through the fence.