The weatherforecast has been pretty bad for today and for the first time there was issued a red weatherwarning in Iceland. There was no school today and people were asked to stay inside as it was definitely no weather to travel. It was a combination of very strong winds, a lot of precipitation and rather mild temperatures. Thus it was sleeting with the snow being rather wet and heavy and not the usual snowdrift with powdersnow in such strong winds. 
We went to check on horses and fences the moment we trusted ourselves to go. Just very few people outside, but the snow clearance had already started, the visibility was poor, but good enough to drive slowly out of town. We first checked on the fence close to the road and it was in rather bad shape, the cornerpole most likely broken and the fence down on some parts. The wire is completely covered with ice, the icicles up to 20 cm in diameter, a few sticks broken and still that much wind, that it's hardly possible to clean the wire... We decided to check again a little bit later today when the storm would have calmed down a bit.
When we went to check on our fences and the horses down by the sea in the afternoon we had to realize that the horses were missing. Even though Ingólfur took a walk along the coast line to Litla Saltvík he couldn't get a glimpse of them. We even got 2 young men and a huge car from the local Search and Rescue Team to help us, but all in vain. No horses nowhere to see and the weather that bad you couldn't see inbetween the sticks on the road. We took another drive later in the evening, just to try to locate them. But to no result. So we just have to hope the best and try to find them tomorrow when it starts to get bright again. Keep your fingers crossed!