oh lovely
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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...JEFFERSON-LEWIS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE AND WATERTOWN352 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003
...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT...

SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE LIKELY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON SATURDAY AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY AFTERNOON.

IF YOU NOTICE POWER LINES DOWN...REMAIN AWAY FROM THEM. NOTIFY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES. FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS WHEN USING ANY ALTERNATE HEATING SOURCE...MAKING SURE THE HEAT SOURCE IS VENTILATED PROPERLY AND FIRE PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DO NOT RELY ON AN ITEM AS A HEATING SOURCE WHICH IS MEANT FOR OUTDOOR USE ONLY SUCH AS CHARCOAL GRILLS.

STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND WEATHER.COM FOR UPDATES....

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i guess in some ways that's an improvement.....but the possibility of losing power in the winter time is no fun....we've had 2 major icestorms in the last dozen years and they are definitely no fun........