Bad luck mate , I hope there wasn't too much damage,
Not all the time but in my part of the country we're too far South to get too much snow. Usually we get freezing rain which IMHO is worse. But most of the times these storms are small and the damage is limited, like the one last night. Occasionally, maybe once every 20 years we get a massive one. We had a massive one last year in the area, tens of thousands of people without power for up to two weeks. Fortunately, I missed that one last year, it literally missed us my a mile or so. This year we werent so lucky but this is a small one. Spring is usually when we have our "wild weather". I live on the Eastern edge of "Tornado Alley" and tornadoes are fairly common in my part of the country. We've actually had a couple of outbreaks this year but usually they don't start until at least March.
Quote from: ducktapehero on February 12, 2008, 07:37:08 PMNot all the time but in my part of the country we're too far South to get too much snow. Usually we get freezing rain which IMHO is worse. But most of the times these storms are small and the damage is limited, like the one last night. Occasionally, maybe once every 20 years we get a massive one. We had a massive one last year in the area, tens of thousands of people without power for up to two weeks. Fortunately, I missed that one last year, it literally missed us my a mile or so. This year we werent so lucky but this is a small one. Spring is usually when we have our "wild weather". I live on the Eastern edge of "Tornado Alley" and tornadoes are fairly common in my part of the country. We've actually had a couple of outbreaks this year but usually they don't start until at least March. Well at least unlike most people, your equiped to deal with the worst
Here's some pics of the damage from the ice storm that hit last night. It could have been a lot worse but it's still pretty impressive looking. In a way it's beautiful, except of course the pics of the limb on my car. Those suck.
Our storm is starting now and It will be a doozy. I will have to take some picks of the place during the storm.
Stay safe mate
4 inches so far with 4-6 more inches before it quits.
QuoteChristmas day was kinda cool. We had just moved into town and didn't have internet and TV yet. This was also before we had a kid so of course we had to entertain ourselves that day. The other 23 hrs and 58 minutes we just hung out.
Christmas day was kinda cool. We had just moved into town and didn't have internet and TV yet. This was also before we had a kid so of course we had to entertain ourselves that day. The other 23 hrs and 58 minutes we just hung out.
Quote from: ducktapehero on February 12, 2008, 10:49:56 PMChristmas day was kinda cool. We had just moved into town and didn't have internet and TV yet. This was also before we had a kid so of course we had to entertain ourselves that day. The other 23 hrs and 58 minutes we just hung out.
I hope everything is OK with you.
Mt St Helens Ed. It's steaming/erupting all the time, waiting for another big one!
Quote from: WhichDawg on February 14, 2008, 12:41:23 AMMt St Helens Ed. It's steaming/erupting all the time, waiting for another big one! Make sure you got a fast bike, with the keys in the ignition pointing the oposite way