Ice Storm
A storm made its way into the northeast today. Unfortunately, after a snowy start, we got freezing rain.
Of course, it took its toll on the trees. Several limbs came down. Here are a couple that I could take pictures of. I didn't venture into the forest in the back yard to snap the larger limbs. I'd hear a rifle shot followed by thunderous cracking and finally a tremendous thud as branches and limbs came crashing down. I didn't think the shot was worth the risk.
Besides the damage it does to the trees, I hate ice storms because they're the hardest to clean up after. For snow, I've got the snow blower. I don't care if it's over a foot. The snow blower kicks ass. Even black ice I can throw some salt down. But with all the ice we got today, I had to scrape it up. Fortunately, I bought a new scraping shovel last week. On a whim no less. It still took me about an hour and a half to clear it so that my wife could make it home from work.
This cedar bush normally overhangs the driveway. The weight of the ice was just too much. The middle stem has an 8 inch crack in it. I don't know if it's fatal or not.
You can see it's entombed.
Spring is obviously a long way off.
\_/
DED
Of course, it took its toll on the trees. Several limbs came down. Here are a couple that I could take pictures of. I didn't venture into the forest in the back yard to snap the larger limbs. I'd hear a rifle shot followed by thunderous cracking and finally a tremendous thud as branches and limbs came crashing down. I didn't think the shot was worth the risk.
Besides the damage it does to the trees, I hate ice storms because they're the hardest to clean up after. For snow, I've got the snow blower. I don't care if it's over a foot. The snow blower kicks ass. Even black ice I can throw some salt down. But with all the ice we got today, I had to scrape it up. Fortunately, I bought a new scraping shovel last week. On a whim no less. It still took me about an hour and a half to clear it so that my wife could make it home from work.
This cedar bush normally overhangs the driveway. The weight of the ice was just too much. The middle stem has an 8 inch crack in it. I don't know if it's fatal or not.
You can see it's entombed.
Spring is obviously a long way off.
\_/
DED
Labels: natural_beauty, storm
posted by DED at 9:18 PM
3 Comments:
Some nice pics in there, DED.
We had nothing but rain in NYC. Wet rain.
Thanks, Mike.
ice storms uber-sux. very few of the trees around here look right anymore.
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