1020champs is right! Take care in Arkansas, Miss. and abutting states. A very tough night for weather. Mrs. G

Were all tucked in here. School is out and hubs elected to telecommute. Roads are not the best. Glad I had time to stop by the store and finish most of the Thanksgiving shopping yesterday afternoon before the storm hit. Double grateful I was able to get DD2 to Dr's appointment and get her medication. My Family is still in Florida. Just got off the phone with Mom, who was complaining about the heat. Too funny! There is lots of snow, but the sun is shining. Its a beautiful day in my neighborhood! I am sure am glad I don't have to drive anywhere, though.

I just leaned out the door to measure the snow, we have 5 inches here in Steele, AL. This pic I took before dark yesterday. We had 3 inches then. Stay safe everyone. Joyce

Most of the homes were destroyed by embers flying in and getting into the attic space through the roof vents or eave vents. Newer building code requires I think metal screens with 1/8" or less holes. The older code was 1/4", and it was found embers could get blown through 1/4" screening and cause fires. Our house has no eaves because the code here is strict about what is allowed. You can do eaves if the eaves are enclosed and non-flammable. There are a couple new houses with eaves but the eaves were enclosed, metal, and they have a metal roof. Tile roofs must have "bird stops" on the open ends so embers can't get blown up inside the tiles. There was one home that went up because it still had a very old and very deteriorated cedar shake roof. Asking for disaster with that. The exterior was brick and the brick was all that was left. Cedar shake roofs are no longer allowed in areas at risk of wild fire. One other home burned because it was older and was thickly surrounded by Eucalyptus and other flammable vegetation.