Posted by Adam Slinger

In case you didn’t know, there’s an ice storm outside your window.

I think Kimberly Lohman said it best, “We’re covering latebreaking news and ice-breaking news.”

During the storm, I took Jessica Schambach’s advice and covered my windshield with an old sheet. It saved some time this morning--Time that I did not want to spend outside in the single-digit wind chill temperatures. I spoke with one man today in Del City who said that it took him 30 minutes to scrape the ice off his vehicle.

There is a lot of ice out there--at least an inch on most Metro roads from what I witnessed today. In Oklahoma City, the street maintenance department reports that it may take salt/plow trucks up to ten days to clear the residential streets. By the end of the storm, they expect to use 6,000 tons of salt on city roads.

Eyewitness News 5 was broadcasting continuous coverage for over 10 hours Friday, bringing you the information you needed to know. Photojournalist Dan Ryan and I were watching the first round of the storm as it hit around 7:00am. It started out as a light mist that we almost missed. (Say that last sentence out loud.) The reason: it wasn’t visible unless you were looking at the droplets on your windows--it was that light. Within two hours though, it had picked up steam. (So to speak.) We had freezing rain, sleet and slush. Oh, and did I mention the cold? Baby, it was cold outside. Let me tell ya something, time does NOT fly when you’re cold and wet, but Dan and I enjoyed witnessing weather history here in the state from the beginning and talking to those drivers and emergency crews most affected by it.

Hopefully, you’re sending us the images that your witnessing, too. As John Flick put it this morning, we’re becoming a local news version of YouTube. You can be the reporter by uploading clips and pictures to koco.com.

This is one that we got yesterday. It made (and continues to make) our newsroom laugh.

"We love your blue beanie!"

-Aubra and Amanda in The Village

Hopefully my only two fans and the rest of the viewers aren’t sick of me or my “blue beanie” yet. We'll both be back out Sunday morning as the final wave approaches… and it doesn’t look good. So, if you don't wanna get near your cold window to watch the ice, just turn on KOCO-5. We'll keep you ahead of the storm.