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Title: ice storm
Post by: chrish483 on December 13, 2007, 08:01:28 PM
Wow what a mess here in the midwest, rained Monday night and all day Tues,  Tuesday morning the trees started to give in to the weight of the ice forming on them and at the peek of the day a limb was comming down every 30 sec or sooner.   All over town yo could hear them even a small branch made a big crash from all the ice on it.

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Title: ice storm
Post by: REP0MAN on December 13, 2007, 08:19:41 PM
Where you at chrish? I'm in Phoenix but headed to Tulsa in January. My newly purchased house in Tulsa has some "tree damage"

:aok
Title: ice storm
Post by: Ripsnort on December 13, 2007, 08:22:35 PM
I fondly remember the beauty of ice storms in the midwest growing up, but I sure as hell don't miss them.
Title: ice storm
Post by: AWMac on December 13, 2007, 08:33:46 PM
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Originally posted by REP0MAN
Where you at chrish? I'm in Phoenix but headed to Tulsa in January. My newly purchased house in Tulsa has some "tree damage"

:aok


Owasso looks really bad.
Title: ice storm
Post by: chrish483 on December 13, 2007, 08:46:04 PM
I'm in IOWA,   35 miles south east of Des Moines.
Title: ice storm
Post by: RedTop on December 13, 2007, 08:56:55 PM
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Originally posted by chrish483
I'm in IOWA,   35 miles south east of Des Moines.


I'll be in Waterloo in Jan.. Wife is from Iowa.....

Thos pictures are a goooooooood reason....not to live there:eek:
Title: ice storm
Post by: Halo on December 13, 2007, 09:01:09 PM
Impressive report and photos.  

Even in Northern Virginia we sometimes get ice storms that stop all outside activity.  

I knew one ice storm was certifiably bad when I looked out the front window and saw our agile teenage son CRAWLING across the yard because he couldn't stand up on the frozen grass!
Title: ice storm
Post by: Frodo on December 13, 2007, 09:15:18 PM
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Originally posted by AWMac
Owasso looks really bad.


Have a good friend in Owasso, OK. He is a former B-17 co-pilot. Going to check on him now. Thanks.

Frodo
Title: ice storm
Post by: chrish483 on December 14, 2007, 12:23:59 AM
ice storms are by no means state wide every year,  last time this town seen anything like this was almost 10 yrs ago,  and just a few winters ago it was warm enough to use the grill untill after Christmas.
Title: ice storm
Post by: REP0MAN on December 14, 2007, 12:30:54 AM
Everything okay in your neck of the woods MAC? AEP giving you a Merry Chritsmas too? :t

:aok
Title: ice storm
Post by: AWMac on December 14, 2007, 02:20:22 AM
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Originally posted by REP0MAN
Everything okay in your neck of the woods MAC? AEP giving you a Merry Chritsmas too? :t

:aok


Man it is bad here.

Stay in AZ until after Jan... maybe it'll be cleaned up by then.

Not a tree over 15 ft here any longer.  Shattered, down, wasted.

Mac
Title: ice storm
Post by: AWMac on December 14, 2007, 02:22:36 AM
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Originally posted by Frodo
Have a good friend in Owasso, OK. He is a former B-17 co-pilot. Going to check on him now. Thanks.

Frodo


Let me know if I can help Frodo.

I'm in Three Lakes Two off from 86th St. behind Reasors near Smith Elementary.

Mac