Pictures of ice
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Re: Pictures of ice
Posted by DrGlass on Mon Jan 31st at 10:34pm 2005


Over the weekend Atlanta, GA was hit by a huge ice storm. I lost power for 2 days as did most citizens.

I am so impressed by our helplessness. All we can do is clean up the mess this storm left us. who would think some rain and cold air could do so much damage? It also makes me think of how well the city runs when it is not under attack from nature. Almost every citizen has running water, gas, and electrisity. Traffic lights go on working, street lamps turn on and off. Its like a dance that so few people seem to ever notice.

anyways, here are some pics.


thats my back yard


Front of my house, note the bent trees that have almost pulled out my data lines (close call) [edit] its so small... I dunno why


This is a picture of my dog, she is so cute! dosn't really have anything to do with the ice storm, I'm sure you dont mind
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Jan 31st at 10:37pm 2005


Meh, doesn't look that bad... In plymouth in UK we had a tornado the other week Ripped up loads of trees and s**t. [addsig]



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Posted by DrGlass on Mon Jan 31st at 10:42pm 2005


oh yeah, this wasn't bad or anything. I used to live in PA and we had ice storms like this in June (well not really) and it wasn't a big deal.

But this is a city of 4 million people who dont know how to drive or even walk on ice. It was 80 degrees just a week ago. A friend and I got lost in a maze of downed trees on the way to her house. Atlanta is full of trees with shallow roots so in strong wind or ice they just tip right over. We lose about 25 trees a year in my area of town.
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Posted by Andrei on Mon Jan 31st at 10:51pm 2005


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Meh, doesn't look that bad... In plymouth in UK we had a tornado the other week Ripped up loads of trees and s**t.


Jesus, man, we had something like an f3-f4 tornado near Constanta (Constanza), Romania. Tornadoes in Romania!!! And it's not even the first one! The climate has gone to heck! And yes, we're under heavy snow aswell, but nothing unusual. Might I add, it snowed like hell in April last year.
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Posted by diablobasher on Mon Jan 31st at 10:58pm 2005


The climate gave up on as the day we invented hair spray.

If the ice caps melt and the gulf stream stops, were all gonna be cold for a LOOOONG time.

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