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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2013-12-24 10:40 am
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[identity profile] davidschroth.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Reminds me of the big storm we had in Minneapolis this year, only with snow and ice.

Not actually being from Minnesota, I am of the opinion that added snow and ice do not improve matters.

[identity profile] neowolf2.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Reminds me of the ice storm in Rochester, NY in 1991. Woke up to the power out and tree limbs exploding.

Rochester lost 40% of its trees in that storm. Any estimate on what fraction Toronto lost?
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[identity profile] agent-mimi.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That balloon picture was awesome.

We had an ice storm a few years ago with similar results, but over a much smaller area.

[identity profile] alyxyn.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That is astounding.

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The coffee cup amuses.

Several of the others are disturbing in terms of the awe they inspire.

Would that streets as skating rinks was something that had been planned instead of an accident.

[identity profile] mmegaera.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
My word. I sincerely hope there were no deaths.

[identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
One winter when I was at William and Mary, Williamsburg got a combined snow/ice storm with several inches of snow, followed by a crust of freezing rain like this one on top of the lumpy snow.

The ice was thick enough that you couldn't step through it (though it would have been a hazard to ankles if you could). It became literally impossible to walk upright in Williamsburg, and driving wasn't a good idea either. People were getting around by crawling on all fours.


[identity profile] dcseain.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That brings back fond memories of many an ice storm through the years. :)
We lost a white birch (which don't grow so well here to start with) in a series of two ice storms a few days apart many, many moons ago.

[identity profile] awesomeaud.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny how we never get just plain freezing rain anymore. It's always an "ice storm" instead.

[identity profile] anton-p-nym.livejournal.com 2013-12-24 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in Mississauga right now visiting family for the holidays, and if you ignore the implications the scene is quite pretty with sunlight glinting off the frozen branches. However, given that there are a half-dozen trees down in the three blocks I walked with my Dad before giving up on the exercise and returning to the condo.

-- Steve found the ride here a bit fraught; not the drive, but the VIA station had run out of salt and sand before the platforms had quite been cleared... penguin shuffling down half a train-length with a load of Christmas gifts definitely helped keep off some holiday pounds.
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[personal profile] liabrown 2013-12-25 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
There are still lines down on the sidewalk in midtown Toronto right now -- hopefully not live hydro wires. I got some interesting photos, but I'm using my dad's computer and it has the worst image software, so I guess they'll have to wait until my return to K-W. Most people are not salting their sidewalks and residential streets aren't salted either, so it's quite hazardous.

[identity profile] rwpikul.livejournal.com 2013-12-29 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hydro crews are still fixing things in Guildwood, I only got power back yesterday. I shudder to think how bad it would be if not for all the ash trees[1] that have been cut down this past fall.

At least we've been seeing salt trucks and sidewalk plows, (where the sidewalk isn't blocked).


[1] Have you ever been glad for an infestation of tree killing insects?
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