On 2/17/05 8:53 PM, "Yosh" <yosh@MAX.HI-HO.NE.JP> wrote:

>> From: "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
>> http://www.knology.net/~vw/iced%20vanagon.jpg
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Now, my town is 46F. I tremble by the coldness.
> Was this brick made intentionally? Locations?
> 
> I can't believe!
> 
> Yosh@87Westy/west 50 miles of Tokyo
> 
> 
When I was a kid in northern minnesota we had an ice storm.  They are kind
of pretty to look at but exceedingly dangerous.  Even with a small storm we
lost power to areas of the town and streets were wiped out for days.

When stationed in central nebraska in the early 80s there was a small one
there.  It turned roads to ice so fast that in a 20 mile drive I went from a
light mist to severe fog.  That fog was condensing and freezing on the roads
and everything else.  When we made it almost home (had to park at the bottom
of a hill because no way to get up the ice on the hill) and  we got out of
the car, everything that was not warmed had about a quarter inch of ice on
it.  Everything in town had about an eighth inch of ice on it.

In about 98 in canada they had what I think was the worst ice storm ever
recorded.  The rain freezing on everything lasted for about 4 days.  Took a
month to get power back into most areas.  Houses destroyed, telephone poles
collapsed, main power distribution towers collapsed, etc.  they had a thing
on TV about that one a couple days ago.

Ice storms are a rather strange occurance and mostly will happen along large
bodies of warmer fresh water.

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