Epic Ice Storm

Epic Ice Storm
2 posted on February 2, 2011
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Here in the Indiana, we are snowed and iced in because of this epic storm that has swept the Midwest rightfully earning Twitter hashtags like #icepocalypse. The icy rain started falling on Monday with a brief reprieve yesterday morning only to come down even harder last night. This morning we woke up to find a think layer of ice on everything. How much ice? Well, if this gives you any indication, I took this photo this morning outside my kitchen window:

Yes, that’s a lady ice-skating down the road. She was also skating in the grassy common area behind our house with just as much ease and speed.

My buddy Ramon up in Fort Wayne even wrote a song about “Snowmageddon 2011″ (audio is out of sync, he said he should have a new one to upload soon).

Have you been hit by the snow or ice? What’s it look like where you’re at?
By the way, I should tell you that if you’re sitting on a beach somewhere or living somewhere where it’s 75 degrees and sunny, don’t bother commenting! ;-)

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    1 bill (cycleguy) said:

    We got it here also Brad. Oh yeah, we both live in Indiana. :) Sure makes me long for those two wheels.



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    2 Brad Ruggles said:

    Tell me about it Bill! Me too!

    The only thing that helps me is the spin bike I just bought. I’ve been spinning indoors so that helps me hold out until I can pull my bike out.



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    3 Jenny said:

    We are in the land of Snowmaggeddon 2010 or Snopocalpyse 2010 where we got about 2 feet in less than a 12 hour period last feburary, so I feel your pain! But man, ice?!? I can’t believe she is ice skating -that is crazy!



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    4 Brad Ruggles said:

    I think I would rather have the snow over the ice. The ice is crazy…I’m just glad we haven’t had any powerlines go down



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    5 Andrew Schick said:

    You telling me not to bother commenting makes me want to even more! What is 33 degrees celcius in farenheit??



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    6 Brad Ruggles said:

    That would be 91 degrees Farenheit…which means I officially hate you ;-)



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    7 Deena said:

    Hey Brad, I’m in Indianapolis as well. Didn’t go outside at all yesterday and it took an hour and a half to chisel my way INTO my car this morning. Oh this glorious ice.



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    8 Dustin said:

    We, in ATL, had our share of snow and ice a few weeks ago… crippled the whole city!



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    9 Joseph said:

    Not too bad here…right now or yet. We have had more in Nashville than usual but have skated by.

    You guys all keep safe.



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    10 Brad Ruggles said:

    We’re safe…there’s not much damage you can do when you’re holed up in your house…other than my kids driving me crazy being out of school for 3 days!



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    11 Patty said:

    Portland usually gets hits with bad ice storms. We’ve lost tress, been holed up for a week and had all those inconveniences. We’ve been there, rarely get snow though and when we do even if it’s a little, the city shuts down because we don’t have the equipment to take care of it. Right now oddly enough, it is sunny and beautiful, but still crisp cold outside. I know it’s not as cold as it is over there though. We’re practially in a heat wave at a predicted high of 55 here today.



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    16 khareen said:

    We live nearby the lake and the lake is freaking stone…I think it’s a good time for having a good rollerskating in there and we really did it,after that we all got cold!
    That’s how it works…by the way that friend of yours have an awesome song.
    Thanks for the post.



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    17 EDV-Sachverständiger said:

    Well, in Germany we have also a lot of snow. However, this picture is realy great, perfect light for perfect dard mood!



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    19 Michelle said:

    I never seen an actual snow. I wonder what is like being there. The pictures are amazing though.



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    21 Paul Toffoli said:

    Hi, interesting picture. Hard to believe someone skating on grass! We have never had ice storms here in the west but I know the east coast gets some wicked ice storms that knock out the power lines. Yuck!



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    22 aira said:

    Oh my God!.. That’s horrible. You must be crazy staying indoor all the time. I know how hassle it is.



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    23 Nelson Gilkes said:

    I was raised in the earthquake area. So I never experience any snow/ice storm. But thank God I never had earthquake with great scale so it’s still safe here.



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    26 ellen said:

    Nice catch! I wonder how you do it? what kind of camera did you use? i love your photo man. Thanks for the post! :D



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    27 Julian said:

    Gosh! I’d rather experience snow than ice storm. It’s kinda cold in there.



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