A layer of snow (about 6-7 inches, 15-18cm), plus a layer of sleet (about 1-2 inches, 2-8cm), followed by a later of frozen rain (1-2 inches, 2-8cm) making an interesting "layer cake" effect covers my area. It looks like frozen snow but walking on it creates bizzare "ice quake" sounds from middle-layer fracturing ice that ripples all across my yard and scares the dickens out of my dog, whom I have to walk in this mess. It got just above freezing today and melted a little which will refreeze tonight, putting an "icy icing" on the cake. I live in a rural area (West Tennessee) and all local roads are essentially impassible for all vehicles except 4-wheel drive or chains. Everthing is shut down, including Churches, schools, banks, retail establishments, and all government offices in this area. (The Walmart in a neaby town is OPEN for limited hours during the day. Walmart would stay open during a nuclear war, I belive.) It's going to be this way until Wed or Thu of next week. I'm depressed, as this area usually has mild winters. Nothing like this has happened here since 1994.