Ice is one of those things I don't even think of as a natural disaster because it's so rare and usually overshadowed by a blizzard. 2.5cm/1in of ice on a tree is like 3500kg of extra weight. My urban forest would become very lethal overnight if every tree had the equivalent of a Ford F-350 Super Duty parked on top of it during its weakest part of the year.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

I've been through a devastating ice storm like that. We lost power early on, spent the night huddled in front of the fireplace listening to trees strain, groan, and finally buckle under the weight. The town was completely silent except for the terrible cracking of limbs and the occasional boooom of a transformer meeting its fate. Before long we didn't hear any more transformers, it was just the splitting of wood against the quiet

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are y'all actually looking at a full inch of ice? Because that's an insane amount. Just five millimeters is nothing to fuck with.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's what the projection has been, in a part of the country that usually has such mild winters that it barely reaches 0C at all.