Numerous Trees Crashing Under Ice Load

December 15, 2005, 10:10 am
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Winter Weather
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This is a very serious situation in the ice storm that is now underway in the Mid Atlantic States. Some specific reports:

GEORGIA
An ice load of 1/4 inch has already built up in the Bowman, Clarksville, Clayton areas of NE Georgia. This includes the counties of Elbert, Habersham and Raybun. Power is out and trees are down all across those areas.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Lots of trees down in Oconne County.
In Spartanburg County, power is out and trees down, including city of Spartanburg
In Union County, numerous trees have fallen under the ice load

NORTH CAROLINA
1/4 inch ice load has built over a wide area
1/2 inch ice load in Henderson County
3/4 inch ice load in Polk County (that is major!)
Many accidents on the icy roads in Avery County
Power outages and trees down around Asheville
in Charlotte, two interstate highways already closed

At Charleston, this interesting non-ice story. Two and one-half feet of Folly Beach has eroded after the high tide earlier today.

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Posted by   www
on December 15, 2005, 10:13 am
This is the time I'm glad I'm not in linework anymore. I'd be heading to the Carolina's to work in this fun stuff......

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Posted by  
on December 15, 2005, 10:17 am
WOW!! I would NOT want to be there right now!! My 12 year old son has never seen an ice storm (that he was old enough to remember) and wants one. I certainly hope we do not get ice, only snow, with NO complications!! Hope the people in the affacted areas were well prepared for this....

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Posted by New Mike  
on December 15, 2005, 10:34 am
This sounds similar to '82 (I believe that is the right year of the BIG ice storm)

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Posted by  
on December 15, 2005, 10:40 am
I have a question for all you weather gurus. I am supposed to drive to Cookeville, Tennessee on Saturday morning, returning that evening, for a 90th birthday party for my grandmother. Is the weather going to be bad north of here before about 8:00 that evening? I don't want to get stranded with my mom and her poodle somewhere between B'ham and Cookeville.

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Posted by   www
on December 15, 2005, 12:21 pm
Stephanie tell your son he does not want to see one.....lol Ice storms seriously suck, the worst one I worked was Arkansas 2000/2001. It looked like an ice wonderland. Never seen so much ice in my life. Ice storms are bad for power because most of the time we'd get a line back up and working and as soon as we do another tree or tree limb would snap and bring that same line down. I've seen the same line get put up 5-6 times before it would stay. Not fun.........

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Posted by  
on December 15, 2005, 12:53 pm
Josh#2 - I remember the storm of we think of 1982, (I was 10 or 11) we had a power line on our street come down several times. Not to mention the times I fell on my fanny in excitement, completely forgeting the ice on the front porch as I ran outside!!! But you know kids, all of us "old folks" "don't know what you are talking about!" LOL

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Posted by Brent  
on December 15, 2005, 1:11 pm
Carol... as of now, no. Saturday looks dry and cool. Any precip would be very late Saturday Night and it looks like most of it will stay south.

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Posted by New Mike  
on December 15, 2005, 1:36 pm
That is according to this run of the models... Carol, I would watch closely, the news tonight and possibly tomorrow at noon... That should tell the story better...

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Posted by  
on December 15, 2005, 2:31 pm
Thanks, guys. I'll keep an eye on the weather sites and decide early Saturday morning!

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