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>Here's a video from a 2007 ice storm in Oklahoma and chunks of ice >falling off of a communication tower, with some impressive results. We were there for the 01 & 07 storms, though we departed just ahead of each. Driving through western OK one observes broken blackjack oak trees everywhere. They

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Don't have a 1600' TV tower in the back yard, but I'm real familiar with the effects of ice falling off of trees & power lines. This is more like the effects of ice I've had to deal with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZT9p0Shq1c Mostly I avoid it by staying the hell off the road without an

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For more fun with falling snow and ice, see the photos in this blog post, particularly the poor Geo Metro at the end. http://palomarskies.blogspot.com/2008/12/warning-snow-falling-off-dome.html On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > Here's a video from a

Re: Right place, right tiime

Here's a video from a 2007 ice storm in Oklahoma and chunks of ice falling off of a communication tower, with some impressive results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfBp2QYOIbc On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:44 PM, John wrote: > There appears to be some kind of freeze line

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There appears to be some kind of freeze line that runs right along I-85. I think it's just a coincidence to where the highway was built, but I've noticed over the years that there's a divide that follows the highway ... north & west of the highway winter weather tends towards snow and south &

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Cool pic. People don't realize what a hazard that stuff is when it falls, though. A few years ago Kearney and surrounding area got about 1" of ice. (Took down 4 of the 5 feeder lines into the city.) When that stuff started melting off of things like car dealership signs and suspended traffic

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http://ktla.com/2015/11/30/awesome-photo-of-melting-speed-limit-sign-goes-vi ral/ Opportunities like this don't last long. (Unfortunately many, some of wife's family, remain w/o power due to the ice storm.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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> On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > Cool pic. People don't realize what a hazard that stuff is when it > falls, though. Atlanta—inside the Perimeter anyway—is “the city built in a forest.” Lots and lots of mature trees. Get up in a high-rise, look