ICE!

[Camino LS6]

Everything is coated. Walking is treacherous - waiting for the Tahoe to defrost so I can attempt the lane.

[Camino LS6]

Woke up to the sound of the tree next to my bedroom breaking apart, and just watched a branch bounce off of my power lines...

[A Horse With No Name]

I am home right now because Columbus is an ice skating rink...maybe I'll go into work later.

Made my way VERY CAREFULLY up a three story 12/12 pitch roof with lots o ice to repair a make up air unit on top of a restaurant yesterday....that was FUN!

[Camino LS6]

Wow Stang, no way I'd go on a roof in this stuff.

Made it out and back ok, but I had to stop twice to remove large branches from the lane.

We are on the knife-edge of a real disaster - I feel for those just a bit farther north.

[caddycruiser]

Just a couple hours south...it's wet and 60 degrees (WTF?) in Delaware. Weird doesn't even begin to describe it.

[Intrepidation]

Spent yesterday clearing off as much as the garage roof as I could. Yesterday I had off thankfully, but despite being sick I still had to help clear this crap. At least yesterday it was light and fluffy. This morning its heavy, wet, and now its sleeting. And I have to go to work for 10 hours.

[67impss]

Yeah we in Dayton got it a lil better than most but the streets are like an ice rink other than Interstates & main drags. So many old trees visually ruined if not destroyed. I've had to park ROTruck on the street as my drive is about a 35* bank and a retaining wall with grass bank on other side makes for a luge track to the street 2 houses from a main road the neighbor had a car into her tree yesterday.

[Robert Hall]

No ice or frost, but wow...was 32 when I came out this morning, and 42 at noon. Sunny, clear and very windy. Not used to highs only being in the 40s. The wind was really loud last night. Supposed to be even colder tonight.

[Justin Bimmer]

An Answer for Bill February 1, 2011 : 11:43 AM

Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.

As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming:

“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”

“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.”

--Al Gore

Al's Journal

[Blake Noble]

It was 56 degrees yesterday and it was a fricking monsoon all day long; 45 mph winds and pouring rain that continued up until early in the morning before the temperature dropped to today's high of 40 or 30-something degrees and changed to very heavy snow showers that didn't amount to any accumulation at all.

I remember that I was driving home at 2 am last night and the rain would pour for five miles, let up two miles down the road, and then continue pouring buckets for the next five. The wind never let up, though. Just wild. This bodes well for Spring ...

An Answer for Bill February 1, 2011 : 11:43 AM

Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.

As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming:

“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”

“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.”

--Al Gore

Al's Journal

I hate February. I hate Al Gore. You posted this quote from Al Gore from the first day February on the second day of February. Wow. My month is now officially miserable, thanks.

[ocnblu]

It was miserable back here, but not really that bad with the ice. Not as bad as we were led to believe it would be. Got up to about 40. Now the wind is menacing and it is cold as hell once again. Hateful weather, with the highest electric bills this winter that I've ever had, by far.

Edited February 3, 2011 by ocnblu

[Drew Dowdell]

uhm.... HOW?

[William Maley]

I give it 8.5

[Robert Hall]

uhm.... HOW?

Maybe there is more of a slope/elevation difference between the roadway and where the nose is than the photo implies...or the car was launched over something..wild that it would end up on it's nose. I bet that driver was terrified..imagine getting out of the car when positioned like that.

[Drew Dowdell]

Maybe there is more of a slope/elevation difference between the roadway and where the nose is than the photo implies...or the car was launched over something..wild that it would end up on it's nose. I bet that driver was terrified..imagine getting out of the car when positioned like that.

at least they closed the door after they left.

[SAmadei]

at least they closed the door after they left.

Not necessarily. In fact, I imagine anyone trying to get out would have upset the car and gotten injured in the process.

I'd say that the car was hit/pushed/whatever after the driver had gotten out of the car.

Here's a bit more about it... Here.

[caddycruiser]

Cold again, but dry.

Friend in Chicago said her building was swaying the other night in the storm. Freaky.

Then I see a forklift scooping stuck cars up off the road, as quickly as possible, so they could get a path cleared out there, on TV this morning. Yikes. All fine, just stuck in snow. Then damaged underneath...I'd presume...by the equipment. Weird situation.

Off to Philly again tomorrow. Hope it's just cold and all cleared. Was just wet on Sunday, but frigid.

Edited February 4, 2011 by caddycruiser

[SAmadei]

Then I see a forklift scooping stuck cars up off the road, as quickly as possible, so they could get a path cleared out there, on TV this morning. Yikes. All fine, just stuck in snow. Then damaged underneath...I'd presume...by the equipment. Weird situation.

Not necessarily. I've always been amazed how soft of a touch the junkyard guys can have forklifting cars around, usually with little to no damage.

Sure, I've seen lots of damage caused by forklifts, but usually on purpose (like opening locked trunks and broken hood releases.

In any case, the forks are fairly wide, 4-6", to spread out the contact and there are covers available for the forks that will protect the undercarriages. A buddy of mine uses his forklift to pick up his late model Audi all the time... puts a couple 2x6s on the forks... no damage.

And honestly, in an emergency situation, its probably the only way to move the cars quickly. If they get slightly damaged, that's what insurance is for... the owner took the risk by driving out in a blizzard.

[daves87rs]

uhm.... HOW?

Nice...