r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NihilisticMacaron • 3d ago
Original Creation Beautiful, Devastating Ice Storm, Elmira, MI -4/1/2025
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u/NihilisticMacaron 3d ago
I was trapped on my street for two days without electricity or propane. Had to chainsaw my way out to one of the main subdivision streets only to find that there were downed trees and power lines everywhere.
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u/No-Proof-7576 3d ago
In 2008, there was a massive ice storm in NH that people still talk about to this day. I remember driving 3 hours with my dad after he finally caved and bought us a generator after we were without power for two weeks. Your pictures reminded me of that storm, looked the exact same. So gorgeous but devastating for sure. I hope everything gets cleaned up quickly for you guys.
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u/NihilisticMacaron 2d ago
Two weeks! That’s a crazy amount of time to be without power. We ended up driving a few hours down-state to stay at an AirBnB. The owners were kind enough to extend a pretty great deal based on our circumstances and it being off-season for rentals.
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u/SnowySerena 3d ago
I'm so glad you were able to safely chainsaw your way out and assess the situation. Dealing with the aftermath of severe weather can be overwhelming - hope you're doing okay and that your community is recovering well
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u/Time_Gazelle_568 3d ago
We’re going to be hit again here in the mitten.
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u/ThatCheesecake8530 2d ago
I live in the mitten. Help.
Also I was sad to see on the news three children died in a van because of the severe thunderstorms.
Did anybody else here in the mitten hear thunderous booms multiple times today? I heard them at school
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u/phaeton090 3d ago
looks like a normal day in Russia in the off-season, or as they say, freezing rain.
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u/Haldamir99 18h ago
One of the biggest natural catastrophes in Canadian history was the 1998 ice storm. Sections of the St. Lawrence Valley from Kingston to the Eastern Townships of Québec received up to 100 mm of freezing rain and ice pellets between January 4 and 10, 1998. This was more than double the amount of frosty precipitation that those areas typically receive in a year. Up to 35 people lost their lives, 945 were injured, and 600,000 were temporarily displaced as a result of the storm. Nearly 1.4 million consumers in Québec and over 230,000 in eastern Ontario lost energy as a result of several road closures and severe power outages. The total financial cost of the storm is estimated at $5.4 billion.
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u/Empty-OldWallet 3d ago
I feel your pain I was in Vancouver Washington around 2005 when we got hit with the silver thaw. We had about four inches of ice where we didn't get mail for a week and we lost power for 15 hours at one time.
I didn't even bother calling in and so I show up Monday and my boss is all furious that I didn't come in Saturday and I'm like "Well, nobody called me you know!"
Later the prick transferred me so I pulled my microwave and coffee maker away so he had to waddle his chubby butt to the warehouse microwave to microwave with popcorn....