Ice is so pretty but so scary, as Prim says.
Nice pics, Northerner!
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Oh, this was a mini ice storm. 10 years ago we had a six day storm, took down the huge towers that hold the transmission lines and about half the state was without power for days. We lost ours for five days, had about 20 trees come down in the yard, one huge oak just missing the house by inches.
The National Guard was called in and power companies from southern states came to help restore power. It was a nightmare.
This website has pictures http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/richie/113/ That first one is a road, believe it or not. They plowed the tree branches and fallen lines out of the way.
The National Guard was called in and power companies from southern states came to help restore power. It was a nightmare.
This website has pictures http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/richie/113/ That first one is a road, believe it or not. They plowed the tree branches and fallen lines out of the way.
Hope there weren't any dead faces in the water... 
I like beavers, they're great engineers. They do make a mess of things, though, don't they?
I agree about ice storms...they turn the landscape into something magical, but they can be so deadly. Last year we had a couple ice storms, and I'd just sit and worry about my hubby and kids when they would head off to work.
I like beavers, they're great engineers. They do make a mess of things, though, don't they?
I agree about ice storms...they turn the landscape into something magical, but they can be so deadly. Last year we had a couple ice storms, and I'd just sit and worry about my hubby and kids when they would head off to work.
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Here's a video taken during a Portland ice storm that I made my kids watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfjZlOSq2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfjZlOSq2A
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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I may have gotten it from this site—I can't remember how I saw it. But it does a good job of conveying how totally uncontrollable a moving car is on slick ice. The take-home lesson: in those conditions, don't even try to drive.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Unbelievable stupidity. I was in similar circumstances years ago, coming home from work. I got on the interstate connector, and noticed that cars were out of control. In the time it took me to process that, mine was skidding out of control, too. Absolutely no traction. I ended up in the breakdown lane and sat right there, watching fools trying to go up a little incline and slide back down. Sat there for a couple hours, when luckily the roadway warmed up enough and started melting.
Hate ice. Just hate it.
Hate ice. Just hate it.
See the full set of my Louisiana pictures here (they'll look a bit better on flickr as I used photobucket to resize them): http://www.flickr.com/photos/12514987@N ... 868244806/
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I was thinking the same thing, Northerner!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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An landscape photo from a trip to New Mexico a few years back. Taken with a rather poor-quality disposable camera (from the ground, despite appearances), but I kinda like the effect it produced.
But to the wizard's eye there was a faint change, just a hint as it were of transparency, about him, and espeically about the left hand that lay outside upon the coverlet.
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'
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Beautiful photo, bigmc! I had no idea any part of New Mexico was that green—I've never been there. It looks a lot like Oregon!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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to the n00b with the neato name. 
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Most of the time, it ends up just being Big. 
It's a few miles into the foothills of the Rockies. The mountains collect enough rainfall that it's actually quite verdant. The cowboy-movie rolling prairies begin about 20-30 miles from that spot.
Also, my other favorite from that set:
It's a few miles into the foothills of the Rockies. The mountains collect enough rainfall that it's actually quite verdant. The cowboy-movie rolling prairies begin about 20-30 miles from that spot.
Also, my other favorite from that set:
But to the wizard's eye there was a faint change, just a hint as it were of transparency, about him, and espeically about the left hand that lay outside upon the coverlet.
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'
'Still that must be expected,' said Gandalf to himself. 'He is not half through yet, and to what we come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.'
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Gorgeous. I'm hoping to see the Southwest up close someday.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King