well the central connecticut area didn't exactly get hammered with ice, but we got enough to slicken' things up a bit. check out the photo below! there is a doctors office on the 3rd floor of the office building i work in and senior citizens are coming in and out of here daily. nothing like an 1/8" of ice coating the whole handrail outside. can you say accident waiting to happen! maybe t and i will be able to afford to go to ireland in 2009 after all. mwah ha ha ha ha!