Winter Ice Storm pics

**nwafan20** · 2007-01-15, 04:04 PM

Well, most of you are aware of the ice storm that has hit half the country, Michigan got a taste of it last night (Not as bad as the rest of the country though). Here are some pics:

Also, excuse some of the blurry pics, it was very icy and I was slipping while I was taking these, yes, I was slipping on grass! It was like an ice rink! I was also using slower shutter speeds.

-My neighbors driveway, a tree fell.

-My deck, a sheet of ice

-A screened in porch, no, this is not fogged glass, that is ice that collected on a screen

And just for Mel: This is the evil mac I have to use every Sunday to record onto DVD's! EVILLL!!!! ;)

**SengaB** · 2007-01-15, 04:28 PM

Nice shots Matt,
I have always enjoyed Ice storms!
I am quiet Envious of your winter time experience as I am stuck down here in this miserable warmth and sun that I despise so much. I LOVE Winter and everything that it brings with it.
Senga

**T-Bird76** · 2007-01-15, 04:30 PM

Holy Hell dude! That is an amazing amount of ice! That road looks to be totally ice covered and unusable! We really have dodged the winter blast here in NY.

**nwafan20** · 2007-01-15, 04:38 PM

Senga, believe me, you didn't want this storm! Roads were terrible, trees fell over on to peoples houses (in fact, one just fell on our boat).

Yeah, it was a lot of ice, there was more, but when I took these pics, a lot of it already melted. Oh, and that road was already salted twice.

**SengaB** · 2007-01-15, 04:39 PM

Tommy,
You make it sound like thats a good thing! :) I wanna get rawkt! 34 inches plus snowed for a week!
Senga

**SengaB** · 2007-01-15, 04:42 PM

Yea that the downside to storms, But I'd still wan them. People say that when I tell them I chase(d) tornados :)

Theres some massive tornado damage just down the road from me here too from some point in the past.

Senga

**nwafan20** · 2007-01-15, 04:46 PM

I have always wanted to chase a tornado, sounds fun!

Forcasts call for 3 inces of snow tonight, and another sheet of ice, and some hail, so if that happens, expect more pictures! (Oh, and 20 MPH winds...)

**SengaB** · 2007-01-15, 05:17 PM

Hey you are in a bretty good area for tornadoes too. I'd you have the times I suggets you might try chekcing out some storms this spring. You won't be disappointed. Even if you don't see a tornado seeing severs storms in action is just as satisfying.
Heres my first ever tornado chase..thereason why it sucked so bad is that I took this pik and drove right past the tornado and didn't even know it was there! Stupid NEWBIE!

You can see it in the background. Everytime I look at this pick I just keep saying DAMN!
Its like seeing a 707 and waiting to get a shot of it when the clouds move but when you try again its gone.
Selma, Alabama 1994

Even if you don't get to see a tornado seeing stuff like this coming at you is just as awsome.

**Iberia A340-600** · 2007-01-15, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by nwafan20

I have always wanted to chase a tornado, sounds fun!

Forcasts call for 3 inces of snow tonight, and another sheet of ice, and some hail, so if that happens, expect more pictures! (Oh, and 20 MPH winds...)

Looks like you'll be getting a snowday?

Lucky...

Nice shots by the way.

**nwafan20** · 2007-01-15, 05:26 PM

Yeah, I actually have been trained in weather spotting (Lets say my friend's dad who is a fire fighter snuck me into a weather spotting class for fire fighters and EMT ;))

Unfortunatly I don't have a ride to weather spot in :D

Has anyone ever noticed that a lot of pilots are also weather junkies?

**SengaB** · 2007-01-15, 05:42 PM

Wow that pretty cool,
I considered becomming a storm spotter for the NWS but never got around to it. I did join the College of Dupage Chasing program to find other chasers. I found it a good way to meet other spotters. Talk about Geek heaven- awsome.
I was with them in 1999 and 2000.
http://weather.cod.edu/chasing

Senga