1. ICE STORMS: HAZARDOUS BEAUTY ice storms HAZARDOUS BEAUTY. Last night, a thin wedge of a major winter storm crawled across the county. For ten hours the rains fell, but these were not ordinary rains, for when they struck, the water began to freeze. ice storms most commonly develop along a line stretching from northern Texas http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/icestorm.htm

ICE STORMS: HAZARDOUS BEAUTY L ast night, a thin wedge of a major winter storm crawled across the county. For ten hours the rains fell, but these were not ordinary rains, for when they struck, the water began to freeze. By morning, the freezing rain had deposited several centimetres of clear ice on all exposed surfaces. The in its aftermath, the skies. When dawn broke, the first rays of the sun struck the tops of the leaf-less maples along the ridge to the west, shining back in a dazzling light. As the sun rose further, its brilliance reflected and refracted off ever more of the crystal garden which covered the countryside. Barbed wire fences sparkled like diamond necklaces. Weeds rising from the snow resembled the stems of crystal goblets. Rough wood shone while gentle breezes played branches like wind chimes; stronger gusts breaking long ice chains, sending them tinkling and crashing as they hit the ground. Periods of freezing rain like this one may fall in any winter storm crossing eastern North America. When the fall of freezing rain persists and ice accumulates, meteorologists classify the storm as an ice storm . Ice storms transform roads into huge skating rinks and leave downed power lines and broken trees in their wake. However, like a heavy snow storm, the damage and inconvenience are often tempered by dazzling beauty.

2. PBS Teachersource - Scienceline - Ice Storms Formation and safety precautions. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/scienceline/archives/feb99/feb99.shtm

search options Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Ice Storms by Dr. John Cortinas Jr. Related Educational Web Sites and TV Programs Scienceline Archives Ice storms are one of the most dangerous forms of weather in the world, sometimes causing damage, injuries, and fatalities over hundreds of square miles. The term ice storm is used by the National Weather Service to describe a storm that produces a significant accumulation (1/4 inch or more) of ice during freezing rain. To produce this amount of ice, freezing rain usually has to occur for several hours. Fortunately, significant ice storms are rare in the United States. Research that I've done with a former student at the University of Oklahoma shows that freezing rain occurs most often throughout the Appalachian Mountains in central North Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York, as well as in the Columbia River Valley in southern Washington and northern Oregon. Throughout the United States, it occurs most often during the months of December and January and near sunrise, usually the coldest time of the day. Since traveling is impossible during an ice storm, it is important to monitor local weather forecasts and begin preparations immediately when a storm seems likely. The National Weather Service suggests that if a winter storm appears imminent in your area, make sure that you have:

3. Abstract: Trees And Ice Storms Trees and ice storms The Development of Ice StormResistant Urban Tree Populations.1994, 12 pages - 776k. Includes information about what causes ice storms. http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aicestorm.html

Trees and Ice Storms: The Development of Ice Storm-Resistant Urban Tree Populations 1994, 12 pages - 776k Download an Acrobat version of this document. Susceptibility ratings of species commonly planted in urban areas are presented for use in developing and maintaining healthy urban tree populations. Includes information about what causes ice storms. Subject Areas VISTA home page Please read the Resources found in the VISTA infobase are published by the Cooperative Extension Service, Agricultural Experiment Station, and individual academic departments within the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois. The University of Illinois provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. Send any comments or suggestions to vistaweb@uiuc.edu

4. Northeast Ice Storm Index 10, 1998, following major ice storm (AP). One of the most longlivedand damaging ice storms tohit the Northeastern states this cent http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wice98.htm

Home News Money Sports ... Weather Main Categories Weather briefs Cold science Weather basics Hurricanes ... Almanac More weather The week ahead Weather extremes Weather safety Travel forecasts ... Talk Today 03/07/99- Updated 03:20 PM ET Northeast ice storm index A car dodges fallen tree limbs and power lines in Watertown, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1998, following major ice storm (AP). One of the most long-lived and damaging ice storms to hit the Northeastern states this century struck the week of Jan. 4-9, 1998. Weather conditions favored the formation of thick icing unusually far north, into the northern parts of New York and Vermont, across New Hampshire and in most of Maine. Much of southeastern Canada also was locked in the freezing rain's icy grip all week; about 4.5 million people lost power as the worst natural disaster in Canada's history unfolded. This index has links to the latest news and reports on what likely will be one of the more historic weather events of 1998. January 1998 ice storm in pictures From Burlington, Vt., NWS

5. The Power Of Ice was taken soon after a major ice storm at the Tehachapi Mountain "antenna weight of the icecoupled with the inevitable high winds that accompany ice stormscan destroy large http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/ice.htm

The power of ice on a mountaintop... Sometimes natural forces can at once create beauty and cause violent destruction. This photo was taken soon after a major ice storm at the Tehachapi Mountain "antenna farm." All of the trees, antennas and guy cables are covered with a thick layer of ice. The massive weight of the icecoupled with the inevitable high winds that accompany ice stormscan destroy large trees (and antennas). Wind-driven moisture in low clouds and fog can cause a buildup of several inches of ice on one side of an antenna, tree or building. Aircraft pilots are well acquainted with this effect; they call it rime icing . It can cause disastrous airplane crashesand antenna crashes. Even this handrail on the deck of my cabin has heavy ice on the windward side, but almost none on top. This is NOT the result of a snowstorm This photo shows why antennas can be destroyed by ice. Note the pipe mast at right. It is less than two inches in diameter, but it has about four inches of ice on the windward side. There is no ice on the other side. The elements of this antenna (the horizontal aluminum tubing) are only about one inch in diameterand utterly incapable of supporting the weight of the ice. (This antenna failed soon after this picture was taken.) The photos below show what happens to antennas in a major ice stormthe sort of storm that occurs six or eight times a year at 7,000 feet elevation in the Tehachapi Mountains. This is a 15-meter Yagi antenna before a storm arrived...

6. National Severe Storms Laboratory Conducts research to improve accurate and timely forecasts and warnings of hazardous weather events such as blizzards, ice storms, flash floods, tornadoes, and lightning. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov

skip main navigation Who We Are Special Projects Scientific Publications ... Accessibility Last Updated 31 March 2004 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research National Severe Storms Laboratory The National Severe Storms Laboratory is one of NOAA's internationally known research laboratories, leading the way in investigations of all aspects of severe weather. Headquartered in Norman OK, the people of NSSL, in partnership with the National Weather Service, are dedicated to improving severe weather warnings and forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage. With research efforts in: Radar Satellite Software Development Modeling ... Flooding Oklahoma thunderstorm viewed from the west. Hardened edges on southwest flank are evidence of vigorous updrafts. Staff Directory How to Contact Us: National Severe Storms Laboratory 1313 Halley Circle Norman, Oklahoma 73069

7. Emergency Preparedness Games - Disaster Blaster (TM) An educational game that teaches you what to do in the event of a disaster. Simulate what you would do for fires, tornados, earthquakes, floods, ice storms, thunderstorms, limited nuclear strikes, hurricanes, or you lose your job. http://www.readigear.com/

Emergency Preparedness Games Home Game Demo Disasters Covered Table of Contents ... Emergency Supply Sources Emergency Preparedness Games - Disaster Simulation Board Game Are you REALLY ready? Worried about your Emergency Preparedness? Get your family prepared for disasters by playing a fun and educational Board Game. Land on a disaster and learn techniques and methods to master fires, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, "you lost your job" and more! Play it over and over. Packed with information on making 72-hr kits, water supplies, food storage, etc. Find out if you are a Disaster Blaster TM With so many educational games to choose from, why not learn emergency preparedness by playing a FUN board game with your family. Prepare a little bit at a time as you play the game by experiencing one disaster at a time. Play it many times to experience the other disasters. Play it on Family Night. Play it as a game or as a simulation. Average play time without simulation - 45 minutes to one hour.

8. Floods, Ice Storms Paralyze Parts Of South CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WEATHER/11/30/storms.roundup.ap/index.html

9. Online NewsHour: Weathering The Storm -- January 12, 1998 It’s been raining like crazy here in California, and there are ice stormsin Oregon, as Kwame reported, and there’s flooding in the Southeast. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june98/weather_1-12.html

WEATHERING THE STORM January 12, 1998 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript A severe ice storm that struck the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada last week has left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power. KWAME HOLMAN: Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still are without power after the five-day ice storm that hit the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada last week. The ice and snow blanketed Northern New York State, parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and the entire Eastern third of Canada. SPOKESMAN: We have a major power outage. Most people don’t have any means of heat, supplies, water. KWAME HOLMAN: As many as twenty people died as a result of the weather, including two who were poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes from generators used for heating. That toll is in addition to the 10 deaths reported in southern states after massive flooding there caused by rain from this same storm system. Last night temperatures in the Northeast dipped below zero, hardening up to two inches of ice that covered virtually everything. On Saturday, President Clinton declared a state of emergency in a five-county area in Northern New York. National Guard troops went door to door delivering food, water, and fuel. And electric company crews are working 18-hour shifts. SPOKESMAN: We’re pretty tired, you know, so you’ve got to just set a good pace, be constant, you know. Ain’t gonna do it in a day. A lot of damage.

10. Maine Emergency Management Agency / Hazards We Face / Severe Winter Storm ice storms Rain which freezes upon impact. Ice coating at least onefourth inch in thickness is heavy entire State is vulnerable to severe winter storms. The western portion and http://www.state.me.us/mema/haz_docs/severewint.htm

State Agencies Web Policies My Maine.gov Email this page ... State Of Maine DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE, VETERANS and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Maine Emergency Management Agency Descriptions: Blizzard: Sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (mph) or more or gusting up to at least 50 mph with heavy falling or blowing snow, persisting for one hour or more, temperatures of ten degrees Fahrenheit or colder and potentially life- threatening traveling conditions. Ice Storms: Rain which freezes upon impact. Ice coating at least one-fourth inch in thickness is heavy enough to damage trees, overhead wires, and similar objects and to produce widespread power outage. Sleet Storm: Frozen rain drops (ice pellets) which bounce when hitting the ground or other objects. Does not stick to objects, but in accumulated depths of two inches or more, produces hazardous driving conditions. Snow Storm: A snowfall of fifteen inches or more within 12 to 24 hours extensively disrupting transportation systems and public safety departments' response capability. Secondary Effects: Hazardous driving conditions due to ice and snow on highways and bridges; loss of power and telephone service when utility lines yield under the weight of ice and snow; emergency services (police, fire, ambulance) unable to respond due to road conditions; emergency needs of remote or isolated residents for food or fuel, as well as feed, water and shelter for livestock.

11. Ice Storm CNEWS presents all the news about Ice Storm '98 Commons salutes ice storm survivors. Storm could have crippled food production Regional Municipality of OttawaCarleton. The science of ice storms. CNEWS Poll http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSIceStorm/home.html

Special feature Ice Storm damage tallied Full story Survivors of the storm Ottawa, Quebec fight over blackout compensation Class-action hearing in Hydro suit set for April ... The science of Ice Storms CNEWS Poll In the wake of the ice storm that engulfed Ontario and Quebec over the last week, what term in this list comes closest to describing your rating of the storm and its effects? Tragedy Catastrophe Crisis Major inconvenience Minor inconvenience The results so far Help Radio Broadcast Storm Aid Insurance Advice Chronology Dealing with hypothermia What is it? Occurs when the body can no longer produce more body heat than it's losing and the body's internal temperature drops below 35 C (95 F). What causes it? Wind, wet and cold. Danger signs As body temperature drops to 35 C, exhaustion and shivering occurs. As it falls to 32 C, slurred speech, loss of memory and disorientation take place. As it falls to 28 C, pulse becomes irregular. As it falls to 26 C, loss of consciousness occurs. By 20 C, the heart stops. Clothing Wear a warm hat since body heat is lost through the head. Wear layered clothing. Wear waterproof boots and mittens instead of gloves.

12. Ice Storms ice storms. Freezing precipitation is a major hazard which affects all partsof Canada. ice storms have crippled communities from Vancouver to St. http://www.icomm.ca/hazards/meteorological/glaze.html

Ice Storms An ice storm, while it may be aesthetically pleasing, is potentially one of the most destructive forms of winter storm. Freezing precipitation is a major hazard which affects all parts of Canada. Ice storms have crippled communities from Vancouver to St. John's, by disrupting services, damaging property, and causing accidents that are sometimes fatal. Ice storms often result in power blackouts, disrupted telephone service, broken tree limbs and downed utility lines, streets that are impassable to vehicles and pedestrians, and roofs rendered unsafe by heavy ice loading. The most disruptive ice storms occur when significant amounts of liquid precipitation fall from an above-freezing layer of air aloft through a sufficiently deep layer of sub-zero air near the surface. The precipitation freezes as it falls down through the sub-zero surface layer. Raindrops that freeze completely prior to coming in contact with the ground are referred to as ice pellets. Ice pellets generally do not cling to wires or exposed surfaces unless accompanied by rain or wet snow. If the surface layer is not deep enough or cold enough to freeze the drops completely, these raindrops freeze almost immediately upon contact with a surface, such as pavement, car windshields and utility wires, spreading out into a smooth veneer of clear ice, often referred to as a glaze ice. If accompanied by snow, an opaque and milky rime, with embedded air bubbles, is the result. It is often this combination that results in sufficient build-up to cause structural failure or lines to snap.

13. ICE STORMS----- Testing Read Next Msg ice storms testing. Posted By Dr apparant ice storms and power outages seem to be causing some web server problems http://www.rhtubs.com/cgi-bin/bbs/babe-config.pl?noframes;read=27912

14. Www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/ice.html New Scientist But when ice storms strike as they did in Canada and the American northeast in 1998,power lines can become so encrusted with ice that they collapse, leaving http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/ice.html

15. Ice Storm - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Ice storm. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Recent ice storms.In 1991, a severe ice storm hit the city of Rochester, New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_storm

Ice storm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An ice storm is a storm of freezing rain , a form of precipitation composed of rain that turns to ice on contact with the ground. It typically occurs when the ground is cold but the air is warm enough for rain. When significant amounts of ice accumulates, the ice storm can have severe results including damaging trees, dwellings, and high-tension cables. edit Recent Ice Storms In , a severe ice storm hit the city of Rochester New York . The ice storm put almost all residents out of power and almost all trees lost limbs. A severe ice storm in January struck a large region of southeastern Ontario , southwestern Quebec , and upstate New York Montreal was especially hard hit, with large areas of the city being deprived of power for a week or more. A third of the trees in Mount Royal Park had to be felled, and forests, and in particular the economically important production of maple sugar in the region, were devastated. This storm was blamed on El Niño Views Article Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Current events Recent changes ... Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Special pages This page was last modified 06:00, 4 Apr 2004.

16. Ice Storms A History of ice storms in Oregon. from The Oregon 1999. ice storms andfreezing rain can cause severe problems when they occur. The most http://www.ocs.orst.edu/icestorms.html

A History of Ice Storms in Oregon from "The Oregon Weather Book" by George H. Taylor and Raymond Hatton, OSU Press, 1999 Ice storms and freezing rain can cause severe problems when they occur. The most common freezing rain events occur in the proximity of the Columbia Gorge. As is noted several times in this book, the Gorge is the most significant east-west air passage through the Cascades. In winter, cold air from the interior commonly flows westward through the Gorge, bringing very cold air to the Portland area. Rain arriving from the west falls on frozen streets and cars and other sub-freezing surfaces, creating severe problems. As one moves away from the Gorge, temperatures moderate as the marine influence becomes greater, and cold interior air mixes with milder westside air. Thus freezing rain is often confined to areas in the immediate vicinity of the Gorge: Corbett, Troutdale, perhaps as far west as Portland Airport. Downtown Portland and the western and southern suburbs often escape with no ice accumulation. Significant Ice Storms in Oregon Location Description Northwestern counties, Feb. 1 - 2, 1916

17. Ice Storm Damage Tallied Ice Storm damage tallied. 4 10. By comparison, the largest previouslyrecorded ice storms left some 30 to 40 millimetres of ice. http://www.canoe.ca/cnewsicestorm/icestorm_dec15_cp.html

Ice Storm'98: Home December 15, 1998 Ice Storm damage tallied By DENNIS BUECKERT Associated Press More than 1,000 power transmission towers and 30,000 wooden utility poles, for starters. Close to 1.4 million people in Quebec and 230,000 in Ontario without electricity. In many municipalities, power not fully restored for at least a week. Approximately 100,000 people taking refuge in shelters. More than 2.6 million people, 19 per cent of Canada's labour force, had difficulty getting to work or couldn't get to work at all. It was the most disruptive and destructive storm in Canadian history, David Phillips, senior climatologist at the Environment Department, said in an interview Monday. "Blizzards and floods and wind storms come and go but an ice storm like that ... is unprecedented." He said the storm probably will rank as the most spectacular Canadian weather event of the entire century because it affected so many people over such a large area, and over such an extended time. A month after the ice storm there were still 700,000 people without power, he noted. It wasn't really a single storm, but rather three successive events that dumped as much as 100 millimetres of freezing rain on Central and Eastern Canada over the period Jan. 4 - 10.

18. Extreme Weather Gallery: Gallery Of Blizzards And Ice Storms Gallery Directory, http://www.wildweather.com/gallery/collection-winter-storms.htm

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19. EO Newsroom: New Images - Snow And Ice Storm In The Midwest This was one of the worst ice storms in Oklahoma history, downing 4,000 electricpower poles and causing loss of power to a quarter of a million homes and http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=7281

20. Ice Storms: Beauty Amid Destruction - Suite101.com When freezing rain falls for a long period and covers and extensive areait is called an ice storms. ice storms Beauty Amid Destruction. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/13646/86621

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