# Ice Storm 2013? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888 "2013-04-10T09:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/21 "2013-04-10T12:02:54Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > The ice storm in 1998 up near the Quebec border that I got stuck in dropped 80-100mm of ice. > > [January 1998 North American ice storm - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Ice_Storm_of_1998) > > For you metric challenged… that’s 3.9" of ice. It was so thick I could drive my 4x4 on top of the crust it created over the snow without ever cracking it or going through. > > Here’s what happens to a high tension power transmission tower when you drop 3+" of ice on it. > > ![http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GRSluaarxSY/Saka522THoI/AAAAAAAAADk/m_xv9D6ag3I/s400/pylons.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GRSluaarxSY/Saka522THoI/AAAAAAAAADk/m_xv9D6ag3I/s400/pylons.jpg) > > I’m pretty sure that will be the most insane weather event I will ever experience first hand in my entire life. It put the Oct storm to shame. :jawdrop: That’s In. Sane. For you guys considering putting snows back on, snows don’t do shit on a road glazed with ice. You need tracks if we get a legit ice storm. 🙂 Or you could wait half an hour for the salt trucks to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/22 "2013-04-10T12:04:00Z")
Yeah but what if the plows took off their winter tires. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/23 "2013-04-10T12:09:30Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > :jawdrop: That’s In. Sane. > > For you guys considering putting snows back on, snows don’t do shit on a road glazed with ice. You need tracks if we get a legit ice storm. 🙂 Or you could wait half an hour for the salt trucks to fix it. Well, Yeah but they will be better than my crappy “all seasons” ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/24 "2013-04-10T12:12:06Z")
> [@BOBBYGRV](#): > > Why would you want to go there? oh idk, 6 days on a beach being catered to. sounded good at the time. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/25 "2013-04-10T12:12:13Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > That’s In. Sane. Insane was volunteering at the local fire department to help deliver food to some of the people out the on the back roads and being handed a giant pair of bolt cutters and being told if we find any lines down across the road to just cut them and drag them to the side. NiMo had assured everyone that there was no power in any of the lines even remotely around us and they couldn’t even bring trucks in to start repairs until the roads were cleared, and that couldn’t happen until the big cables weren’t blocking the plows. Still an “oh shit” moment when you go to cut your first power line with a pair of snippers while muttering under your breath “I can’t believe I’m about to do this”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/26 "2013-04-10T12:14:33Z")
I’m with Yammy, if I see ANY salt trucks I’m going to shank every single baby that I see for the next 30 years. Then I’m going to smear peanut butter all over the windshields of the salt truck drivers so squirrels scratch and poop all over their cars/trucks. And just for good measure, I’m going to sign them all up for H-Date accounts. If I see a salt truck. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/27 "2013-04-10T12:24:21Z")
dude, you sound like you need a xanax. maybe a joint. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/28 "2013-04-10T12:26:50Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > I’m with Yammy, if I see ANY salt trucks I’m going to shank every single baby that I see for the next 30 years. > > Then I’m going to smear peanut butter all over the windshields of the salt truck drivers so squirrels scratch and poop all over their cars/trucks. > > And just for good measure, I’m going to sign them all up for H-Date accounts. > > If I see a salt truck. Kicking babies!!! ![http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/131011/kick-the-baby-o.gif](http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/131011/kick-the-baby-o.gif) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/29 "2013-04-10T12:32:02Z")
You are going to see salt trucks, I will guarantee that. As you should since freezing rain makes the roads pretty much unpassable if untreated. What scares me is this part of the forecast: > Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all freezing rain after 8am. High near 36. East wind 16 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. > Thursday Night Rain. Low around 36. Breezy, with a east wind 18 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible So if they’re wrong about those couple of degrees that result in the changeover from freezing rain to rain (like they were about those couple of degrees in 1998’s ice storm and the Oct Storm) we could see WAY more ice. Like rivaling the 1998 storm levels of ice. Almost certainly won’t happen but the variables are definitely there for “The Perfect Storm, v.Ice”. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/30 "2013-04-10T12:33:40Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Insane was volunteering at the local fire department to help deliver food to some of the people out the on the back roads and being handed a giant pair of bolt cutters and being told if we find any lines down across the road to just cut them and drag them to the side. NiMo had assured everyone that there was no power in any of the lines even remotely around us and they couldn’t even bring trucks in to start repairs until the roads were cleared, and that couldn’t happen until the big cables weren’t blocking the plows. Still an “oh shit” moment when you go to cut your first power line with a pair of snippers while muttering under your breath “I can’t believe I’m about to do this”. 🙂 Jeebus. I wouldn’t touch a 480V line without verifying that it’s dead. I can’t imagine taking bolt cutters to a 32kv line. I’d probably have a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/31 "2013-04-10T12:39:23Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > dude, you sound like you need a xanax. maybe a joint. It’s been slow at work, lol. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/32 "2013-04-10T12:47:09Z")
FUCK. FUCK FUCK FUCK. I’ve got both my bobber and my focus damn near ready to just paint and enjoy, and this is what I fucking get. I don’t even have room to pull the focus in to prevent it from getting ice’d the fuck over. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU mother nature you fucking bitch cunt. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/33 "2013-04-10T12:54:04Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > oh idk, 6 days on a beach being catered to. sounded good at the time. You sound insane. Do you realize that? You should be medicated. /stepbrothers quote ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/34 "2013-04-10T13:22:12Z")
Did someone say joint? ---------- Post added at 04:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 PM ---------- EDIT: Ahh fuck 4:2 **1** ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/35 "2013-04-10T13:37:05Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > Did someone say joint? > > ---------- Post added at 04:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:21 PM ---------- > > EDIT: Ahh fuck 4:2 **1** FAIL!!! ![http://images.luvimages.com/luvphotos/y/you_lose_gif-392.jpg](http://images.luvimages.com/luvphotos/y/you_lose_gif-392.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/36 "2013-04-10T13:45:36Z")
![http://deathandtaxesmag.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/marilize-legajuana.jpg](http://deathandtaxesmag.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/marilize-legajuana.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/37 "2013-04-10T14:04:13Z")
Fuck you BOBBYGRV! I know you touched my drumset, and I wanna hear that dirty little mouth admit it. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/38 "2013-04-10T14:08:57Z")
> [@)>;3457018](#): > > Fuck you BOBBYGRV! I know you touched my drumset, and I wanna hear that dirty little mouth admit it. Did we just become best friends?! ---
**Author:** ![\_x1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_x1/32/5108_2.png) [@\_x1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_x1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/39 "2013-04-10T14:09:52Z")
YUP!! ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ice-storm-2013/229888/40 "2013-04-10T14:10:25Z")
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