Crankin - thanks for the concern. I actually did ride on Friday, and boy howdy did I get wet! For the first time ever I rode through a real stream, one that had overflowed its banks and had taken over the road. Water over my axles!

However, the road was fine, wet but not icy, and traffic was delightfully light. If only I hadn't gotten soaked to the bone it would've been an OK ride. No icy branches fell on my head, which was my coworkers' concern The trees in Shrewsbury were all covered in ice and bowed down to the ground or with branches snapped off. My company worked off of generator power all day. By afternoon when I left, it was sunny and 38 and the ice had mostly melted. I even saw a guy out on a recumbent on my way home!

North of us, however, is still a disaster zone. We went up to Holden yesterday and trees were encased in ice, limbs and branches still hung from wires, wires were down across roads, nobody had power, National Guard convoys drove around among all the tree-removal trucks and electrical trucks. I hope they're OK up there.