Ice Storm 2013

[Bob Carriere]

We got about 6 + inches of snow....mainly granular towards the tail end which left a nice light ice crust that allowed birds and squirrels a hard surface to run on.

Having lived the 98 Ice Storm we were prepared for the worst.....stored extra petrol for the generator and did a test run on the engine. Now can go back in storage.

In all we have had over 30 cm of snow this weekend.

It's beginning to look like Xmas!!!

Bob C

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Glad no power outage for Hammond area. Know what you mean about checking the fuel stock and generator as soon as you hear the words ice storm.

When ever they predict an ice storm around here I check my fuel supply. minimum for us after the 2008 storm is 40-50 gallons of gas.

My best wishes to all those who are without power from this most recent storm.

Cheers Phil

[Marc Montgomery]

Relatives in Toronto without power... still many thousands in Canada-central and east- without power almost a week later..

Fortunately I had power, but I would like to hand it to the linesmen etc out working hard on what should have been a holiday for them.

[Barry Churcher]

After all this time almost everyone has had power restored. Kudos to the Hydro crews that responded from Michigan, Winnipeg etc. They gave up their Christmas to help. I feel bad for people having no heat in -20C temperatures for more than a week.
Jim Wiehe has kindly received permission for me to post this photo of a J Class C-130 at CFB Trenton. Apparently there were eight of these with their noses in the air from the weight of the ice on the tail. One was elevated eight feet. Now they will have to be stress tested to see if they can fly.
Barry

[Jordan Baker]

Barry, dont they hold that pose every time they take off?

[motto (RIP)]

That is so Jordan. When an aircraft rotates on take off it's because the pilot has eased/pulled/hauled back on the controls forcing the tail down. Things can and do go wrong at that point such as tail strike or tyre failure due to the aircraft being at its heaviest with hardly any fuel used (possibly way over its maximum landing weight).
Snow gently deposited on the upper surfaces would bear no relationship to flight induced stress loads.

David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

I hope the cold in your part of the world soon passes on. You can have some of our heat: at 8 deg. C average for January we are 5 deg. above the normal for this month. The record was last set in 1921, we are 1.1 deg. behind.

Take care!

H.