Ice storm 1/28/2009
 

There's about 1/4" of ice coating the trees -- I've definitely seen worse. And we haven't lost power (yet). But...

My street is an ice rink. They won't plow or salt it because some ass-munch neighbors parked on the street. Kids were ice-sledding on it earlier.

So, what does it look like in your neighborhood?

Before the ice storm hit I took a photo of the corkscrew willow:

Thus: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...crewWillow.jpg

This is after the storm:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...wWillowIcy.jpg

And a willow overhanging some cattails:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ndCattails.jpg

I have a thing for textures, obviously!

No ice here, just your regular snow, but I think the plows are on strike and it's too cold to melt, or even get dirty. this is the street this evening -after hundreds of cars have driven up and down it.

im glad it doesnt look like that here...its close but no bananas

we got 3" of snow, and then 3/4" of ice to top it. the plow put about 2' of plow muck and ice balls all over my sidewalk. it's only 30-35 feet, but i nearly died from it. then the neighbor's old wife was out there shoveling her driveway.....which i sometimes use to park in front of jinx.....so i helped her out a bit too..... I was drenched in sweat by the time jinx rescued me.

Great pics! They really tweaked my visual interest meter.

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We've been iced over in North Texas; I've been working from home for the last two days.

South Texas, on the other hand, is still pretty warm. It technically froze last night, but warmed up to light jacket weather again by late afternoon.

*scowls* *storms out of thread muttering* *slams door*

*sneaks back in to look at SW's amazing pics again.*

Lovely pics!


Sweetwater, I really, really like the three pics you posted. They make the breath catch slightly in my throat.

That corkscrew willow is amazing, sw.

I have heard that those are the trees used to make those funky walking sticks, but so far all I've done is gather a few of the fallen twigs and plan to paint them up like little snakes.

Great pics, sweetwater.

Pie's street looks like a... a... pie. :blush:

sweetwater, I love your pics.

I wanted to take some pics of the snowy river, but HG's beater car was in the line of sight and I wasn't about to tromp around in snow if I didn't absolutely have to. :o

I've just made that willow and cattails one my desktop! Thanks SW.

zippyt called me today.....he's AFU without power from the ice storm they got. lots od power lines down, etc.....but he's ok/

You all can have it.

Howdy ,
well we got just a Little Ice ,
this is teh road in front of Zipland ,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/...5870a373_b.jpg
Lots of trees down from the ice ,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/...d0ab79f281.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/...26d469c93c.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/...916f1ceec4.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/...c1184a8d08.jpg
Infact Its So Icey My Cock Froze Over !!!!!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/...e221cc31_b.jpg

Nice cocksicle.

Holy fuck! That's a lot of ice.
So you were without power? Is it back on now, or have you decamped for more habitable locations?

Holy crap! is that a picture of a frozen Cock?!?!?

we is in a Hotel in Memphis for he Moment ,
No Power , but we has water and gas logs to snuggle up on our King sized air matress , so we are not as bad off as some folks but still Not good , Better tonite and Possibly tommorow .

Holy fuck! We had that six years ago.

Call me if there's anything you need that I can help with, dude. Seriously.

Well if anyone wants to make the drive to Savannah, we have two beds in two rooms and plenty of floor space. You have a place to stay.

yikes! holy genuflecting pines zipman!

If ever there was a better excuse for buying a big, new, badass chainsaw, I haven't seen it.

Ice storm in Arkansas? Holy moly.

May The Cocksicle become a cellar classic.


Go eat a cocksicle, indeed.

oh I haz a REAL Chain Saw Splode, i been Usen the zhell out of it !!!

I have 2 chain sauzz, you need one?

thanks But I got a Echo sc4400 , 20" bar , PLENTY of Power !!

Crybabies!

I had to pilot a semi through it ALL from Oklahoma City to West Memphis. I made it 90 miles the first day, taking 10 hours to do it. I gave up and parked at a small truck stop at exit 231. Got stuck on ice there and waited 24 hrs for a tow truck to come and get me out. Then, I went a whole six miles and gave up again after getting stuck TWICE on ice on the interstate, getting going again only after the truck behind me gave me a shove. That took 4.5 hours. Parked on the street all night and got going the third day and made it to W. Memphis by 6 pm. Sheesh! I would NOT let the student drive in it either! He's from Florida and doesn't know how to drive in snow.
Squeals like a girl when the truck slips sideways into another truck, too. He now trusts my driving skilz a lot more than he used to.

I took a few pics but you'll have to wait until I find the cable to d/l them.

I was showing off zippy's cock to my cow orkers tonight.

What did they think? Pretty big isn't it. Kind of a little head.

Do you use chains? They're frequently required in Colorado, but I don't know if most trucks carry them.

Well the clean up Continues , I thought about getting a Pic of Chair saw Zip ,but we wuz a bit busy ,
A Neighbor who is a Ligne man was driveing home yesterday , I flagged him down ( Poor guy , looked like HELL !!! They are working them till they drop , Over 2000 poles down in the area , he said 4-6 weeks befor we can even Think about Power !!!) , some of Paragould ( the City ) has power ,
as I was leaving this morning I noticed some thing , Focused really , it was the Lighted Door bell buttons ,
I dont know WHY but that just Irked the HELL out of me ,
we have No power , and no prospect for a Month or more ( if we are lucky ) and these fuckers have Power for their Stupid ass door bell Buttons !!!!
ARRRRHHGGGHHH !!!


Ok I feel better , I will NOT break any of them ,

Enjoy yer Power FUCKERS!!!!

No generator, Zip?

we have 2 , I spent Most of the day saterday trying to make them work , I got 1 working reliably , #2 well Im Still working on it

Jeeze, zipper ...a month? yow!

Wow man, that sucks! I'm so glad you have generators, 4-6 weeks without power is unbelievable.

Like a winter camping trip.

IMO, camping is only justified as an excuse to enjoy pleasant weather. Winter camping is a non sequitur.

So much ice, so little gin!

Ugg, winter camping. The last time I did it was for survival tng and it was only good because it was instructive. Not something I relish to repeat.

HLJ, all trucks in snow-prone areas such as the I70 and I80 corridors over the mountains must carry chains, and use them if the chain law is dropped and they want to go. Most of us refuse to chain up and just park until the roads are passable again.

My company has chain banks just outside of those areas and our drivers must stop there and check out four sets of chains to carry (or else a $750 fine) and return them on the other side. We are not permitted to take the chains out of that region. Should we need them again, say for a trip to Seattle, we must do the check-in and out procedure each time we enter a chain-required area.

I do not chain unless I happen to be up there when the chain law drops.

Here's 6 pages of unbelievable pictures of Zippy's ice storm. :eek:

Further proof that nature is just amazing! Excellent pics!

Jeanie Mac - he followed it on purpose!
Great link tho, ta.

Interesting (to me) points:
Spanish on the sign. Nebraska? Blimey.
His decision never to include random people in his photos - comes across as an invasion of privacy thing rather than an artistic decision. Okay I'm nowhere near his level of talent - he may exhibit professionally for all I know - but it never occurred to me there was anything wrong in having people in photos. I mean, they're not doing anything wrong. Just walking down the street. Hmmmm.

If I'm not taking a picture of a person, then the person is in the way of what I'm trying to take the picture of. I spend a lot of time waiting for people to get out of the way.

[aging ingenue]Would I be in your way?[/aging ingenue]

No, 'cause if you were around, it would be you I was taking pictures of.:yum:








Well, maybe a random artsy shot of your clothing strewn about the room.

:biggrinlo You always write what a girl wants to read :biggrinlo

If'n ya likes my writin', ya oughtta see my pictures... that I haven't taken yet but have planned in my mind, over and over and over and over and over and over...

POST!
Ya tease!

Paradise Lodge, Mount Ranier National Park.

We had a great time, as you can see. It's much nicer when you bundle up right!

ok, back to your thread.

dar, if you return to the upper left hand corner in the winter again, I'd be happy to put together "enjoy pleasant weather" and "winter camping" for you.

Yoo Hoo, BigV... look here;

en·joy (ěn-joi') Pronunciation Key
v. en·joyed, en·joy·ing, en·joys
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
Enjoy oneself To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

survive   /sərˈvaɪv/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ser-vahyv]
verb, -vived, -viv⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live.
2. to remain or continue in existence or use.
3. to get along or remain healthy, happy, and unaffected in spite of some occurrence.
–verb (used with object)
4. to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him.
5. to endure or live through (an affliction, adversity, misery, etc.).

They are two different words that infer two different experiences... just saying, ya know. :haha:

Awwwww, great pics V.
You look like you swallowed the sun.

Bruce has got it exactly right. You camp in the snow to prove you can survive. You camp in nice weather to enjoy camping.

V - We'll probably get back to the great northwest sometime soonish (depending on the economy) but probably won't be winter - at least until Mrs. Dar retires from teaching school.

Thanks for the offer in any case.

BigV thinks we all don't appreciate how much fun winter camping is.
We all know BigV is nuts. :lol2: