Amped Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I wonder how different the effects up North and West would have been if it was not for the heavy wet snow that stuck to the trees a couple days ago? I assume there wouldn't be as much tree and power line damage. The Philly area performed that experiment and the results were the same or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 The Philly area performed that experiment and the results were the same or worse.Not sure what this means. Didn't the whole region still have trees with snow on them? It was almost surely a factor in spots at least IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacChump Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Not sure what this means. Didn't the whole region still have trees with snow on them? It was almost surely a factor in spots at least IMO.yup, tree branches were still pasted with snow when the freezing rain came through around here...just got power back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Yup. Another power outage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Stuffed from moms meatloaf. Yum. Waiting to hear whether the power has returned at home once the hubby gets back and checks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Not sure what this means. Didn't the whole region still have trees with snow on them? It was almost surely a factor in spots at least IMO. I misread Photoguys post a bit and thought he said "If there was more snow on the trees" instead of "if there hadn't been snow on the trees. " I agree the weight of the snow probably made it worse. Most of the snow was off the trees at least around Frederick and we still got hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchmark Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Weird... We just had some BIG wind gusts here and the temp shot up from 35 to 42 in a matter of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Where is Dave? I'm worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I can say for certain that this ice storm at least for me was the worst since 1994. That's 20 years. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Catching up on the thread. Really sorry for all those who got the worst of the storm. The sleet kept things from being that bad here. Still have a mess to cleanup with lots of tree limbs and branches down all over the property. Winds have gusted to 40 mph here in the past hour, but only occasionally is it accompanied by a shower of fine ice chunks from the trees. Afternoon sun took care of a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchmark Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I can say for certain that this ice storm at least for me was the worst since 1994. That's 20 years. Sent from my SM-N900V 94 was the best ever for me in AA co (This one stunk...) I remember ice skating on the sidewalk for 2-3 days after with temps in the teens and off school all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I can say for certain that this ice storm at least for me was the worst since 1994. That's 20 years. Sent from my SM-N900V I would have to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infekshus Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Weird... We just had some BIG wind gusts here and the temp shot up from 35 to 42 in a matter of minutes. heating of the air by compression (?). what did the barometer do in that same time frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 heating of the air by compression (?). what did the barometer do in that same time frame? probably some initial downsloping as the front went by before cold air kicks in. plus there was warm air just west/sw most of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I heard that power is back on at home, for now. Hubby said wind was gusting quite a bit. House was very cold so was a good plan for me to bring to kiddo to my parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I would have to agree.X2. Mason Dixon area is totally trashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 But nothing will ever compare to an all time epic ice storm on long Island where I grew up somewhere around the late 70s. I want say 1978 but I know that was the Blizzard year. But this was an ice storm of very thick ice probably 2 or 3 inches and we had no school for 8 or 9 days and the entire Island was glazed to a standstill. No power for many days. If anyone happened to live there on this forum back then you would remember it for sure. Edit: I was right. 1978. http://www.northshorewx.com/19780113.asp Sent from my SM-N900V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 X2. Mason Dixon area is totally trashed. Yup! Hope you made out ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I heard that power is back on at home, for now. Hubby said wind was gusting quite a bit. House was very cold so was a good plan for me to bring to kiddo to my parents. Still good news that the power is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Still good news that the power is back. Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterymix Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I'm sure it was just a joke, but ignore it. He's probably still recovering from last night. The point I was making last night was that it seemed too warm for much of any ice accretion nor sleet in the DCA are and near BWI and so it went. There is a single report of 0.20 inch ice in Baltimore, a single report! IMBY, a different story, it was 23 degrees last night and 28 this morning with about 0.30" ice on trees and lots of power failures and lots of tree damage. I'm 45 miles NNW and 700 feet higher than DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighStakes Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 X2. Mason Dixon area is totally trashed. How much snow did you get on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I heard that power is back on at home, for now. Hubby said wind was gusting quite a bit. House was very cold so was a good plan for me to bring to kiddo to my parents. That is good, get that heat going to warm things back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Indeed! Glad your power is back Mappy. Millersville was basically a war zone with down tree branches and destroyed trees to a degree I haven't seen since a Severe storm back in the late 2000's knocked out more than 20 trees in my neighborhood. Luckily we didn't lose power, but many around the Lancaster area did and some still haven't gotten it back. York I hear was a disaster and some might not see power back till this weekend. That northern MD area across the Pa line looks like it got hit real hard as well from your reports and pictures I've seen. Stay safe with your little one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 He was having a bad morning and vented. I cheered him up Whew. PM'ed him. Man I was freaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Power back. Wind seems to have backed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 How much snow did you get on Monday. 10 inches of concrete. Had 7 packed down before the ice storm hit last night, and now about 5 to 6 inch pack of thick frozen slush. Dont think any snow fell with this storm. Power is still out but with the wind it is dangerous to be out near trees. They are still breaking like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 A few pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecosense Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Quarter inch of ice. Power out for 24hrs and counting. Estimated return of service noon on the 9th. 12" diameter tree on house (removed) no structural damage. Neighbors house destroyed by triple trunk tree. No injuries. Wood stove cranking out the btu's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Quarter inch of ice. Power out for 24hrs and counting. Estimated return of service noon on the 9th. 12" diameter tree on house (removed) no structural damage. Neighbors house destroyed by triple trunk tree. No injuries. Wood stove cranking out the btu's. That really sucks about your power. Sorry to hear that it will take so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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