Its not snow, its ice, there is about 1/2 inch of snow, which is easy to deal with, the problem is the ice, it coats the trees and the power lines sometimes causing them to weigh 5 to 10 times their normal weight.
It is hard to explain if you haven't seen it before, but here goes. In the atmosphere it is warm enough to be rain, but as it falls it gets colder, but never turns to snow, instead it freezes when it hits something, so when it hits the limb it freezes and begins building up. Right now many 1/8 inch diameter limbs are now 2-4 inches in diameter. Now take an entire tree and do this. The weight slowly builds up until something gives. This same thing is happening to power lines. The ice has coated the power lines causing them to sag. Eventually things give, a tree will fall and power line will snap, and entire sections of town loose power. >From my bedroom window I could watch power lines snapping in the distance. You would see a green flash, and lights wouldn't come back on, one right after another. Outside you hear this ominous sound of tree limbs cracking and falling. Just one big mess. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: War Zone > > Oh dear > !_! > > This snow was unexpected I take it?? > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Lexington, Ky has turned into a war zone. > > 55,000+ people don't have power, plus a large number of businesses are > out of power as well. Many are going to be without power for as long as > a week. > > Trees and limbs litter the roads, even large main roads. Sirens can be > heard from every direction. > > At 2:00 AM Sunday our building caught fire directly below our office. No > structural damage, however the smell of smoke is going to be here for a > long time, when the fire fighters came in the had to bust all of the > doors open and break some windows the clear the smoke. > > The ice has made the trees and power lines so heavy that they continue > to break causing more power outages throughout the day. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
