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BILL BLOG Monday February 2, 2026   Monday morning, and we have run into February. It’s Groundhog Day, and a lot of folks are rooting that old “Phil” does not see his shadow today, considering the ice, snow, and storms that have swept through a wide swath of the country.   We are certainly looking forward to a high temperature of 45 today in Nashville.   THE WEEKEND How many outages are still in Nashville? Too many. Our power went out a week ago Sunday morning, and did not return until 4:30 AM this past Thursday morning. For more information on our personal experience with this record-breaking storm, please refer to my previous blog.   But many are STILL without power. 34,000 without at the moment.   I have multiple friends who have been told by NES (Nashville Electric Service) that they may not have power restored until February 9, which is two weeks without power. One co-writer of mine has been holed up in a hotel with her two young girls f...

BILL BLOG Friday, January 30, 2026   And a VERY good Friday morning to you!    THE ICE STORM At 4:30 AM this morning, our power was finally restored. We lost it at 5:30 AM last Sunday. I don’t think I’ve ever endured anything quite like that.   My wife and I have a gas fireplace, which was our source of heat. And that’s pretty much where we stayed the entire time.   We had a massive tree that covered our driveway until Thursday, when some tree removal guys got it off our driveway. Before then, we were trapped. We could not get out, and nobody could get to us because of the icy, treacherous road we live on.   So yesterday was the first time I had been out, and then when I got back home, I could not get back up the driveway because of the ice still coating part of it. We spent a couple of hours chipping with a shovel and salting. So much fun!   Kathy actually learned to warm food and cook some things, and even make coffee with c...

BILL BLOG Friday, January 23, 2026    It’s Friday, and we are bracing for what this weekend brings.    The high in Nashville today will be 38, then it will drop to 21 tomorrow when the snow arrives, and on Monday, the high will be just 18. I’m trying hard not to complain too much as my sister Rita lives in Minnesota and tells me it’s 50 below!   But, in Minnesota, they just deal with the snow and go ice fishing, as they did in Wisconsin when I lived there. Different story here in the south, we panic!   The worry here is being without electricity for no telling how long, with the possibility of an ice storm. But I’ve never seen the forecasters struggle so hard to predict what is coming. This is the best forecast guess I’ve seen so far.   I’ll let you know what happened here come Monday on this Blog, IF we have power and the internet.   YESTERDAY What a fun song I wrote with Kevin Williamson of the Williamson Branch fami...