Photography: Ice Days

We got hit with the remnants of the Snowpocalypse that hit the Midwest this week.  However, instead of blanketing us with snow, the temperatures had risen enough that we got coated with ice.  The forecast predicted the risk of severe to catastrophic ice overnight, with the risk of trees and powerlines falling over from the weight of the ice.

In the end, though, it didn't turn out to be that bad, and definitely not catastrophic.  In the early morning, everything was enrobed in a sheath of ice.  However, by mid-morning, the temperature was almost in the 40s (a heat wave!) and most of the ice had already melted away.  I had to drive down to Pennsylvania for a business meeting and it wasn't too bad at all.  In fact, driving was better than most days since most people were off the road.  The biggest danger was from ice falling from tree branches overhead and from lazy people who didn't scrape all the ice off their car---flying down the highway, big sheets of ice would fly off the roof of their car, so you had to keep a pretty safe distance.

We're not out of the woods yet.  We're supposed to get hit with some more nasty weather this weekend and again the middle of next week.  Apparently Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog's Day, so spring is near, although I'm a little skeptical.  This winter feels more like the other Groundhog's Day to me...