Waiting for the Thaw

 

I’d like to be scheming my next fishing outing — and hopefully that isn’t too far away. However, catching fish isn’t quite top of my mind.

Winter storm Fern pushed through over the weekend, and the coldest air behind the storm is arriving now. I’m in North Georgia, and while we didn’t get much snow and our low tonight of 14 wouldn’t be noteworthy in most places, what we did get is a big dose of freezing rain, knocking down power lines and trees.

About 1/3 of the homes in my county and more than half in a couple of adjacent counties lost power yesterday, and we’re among the folks who are still without it going into night two. Our heat is gas, but electricity runs it, so we’re just waiting it out in a cool, dark house.

No emergencies. The house insulates enough that it isn’t brutally cold, and we have means to get to warmer places if need be. We even snuck out and found hot coffee and warmth during the day today. Once the lights are back and more of the rural roads have trees cleared and ice gone, I’ll take a fresh look at the forecast and my calendar with fishing in mind!