We had an ice storm last night. I thought I would share some of the pics from it. Mother Nature can be INCREDIBLE!
These are pics we took this afternoon. My oldest UNFORTUNATELY had to go to her college to check on a science experiment she is doing. There were SO many roads that were closed off by the city to remove the down trees, huge limbs and downed power lines….There were police EVERYWHERE. Traffic lights were just off. Leaving people to figure out how to navigate through 4 lanes of stupefied drivers. They were actually baffled by the loss of the traffic lights.
I would have LOVED to have taken more pics. However, you could hear LOUD cracks and crackling everywhere as the branches of trees and power lines were giving way to the weight of the ice. I thought it was a MUCH wiser idea for me to get the kids home safely.
Branch of our tree covered in ice.
Our dogwood tree.
the tops of the trees were standing upright the day before.
A tree bending from the ice.
Ice covered tree.
This is by my daughters college. The entire are was covered in fallen tree limbs
One tree is completely broken, the other is actually bending.
More branches down in my yard.
More downed tree limbs.
Another pine tree.
Trees covered in ice.
Ice covered tree.
Pine tree covered in ice
Ice covered tree.
Ice covered tree in our yard.
our dogwood tree.
This is a row of trees that are now bending slightly from the ice.
Ice on a metal construction fence
Ice covered trees.
Ice covered tree.
My bush covered in ice.
Limbs down in our backyard.
Trees covered in ice.
Our dogwood tree.
This is a local park.
More of the park.
My dogs’ bone they left in on the porch. It MUST taste so much better after it has seasoned.
Part of a pine tree covered in ice
Ice covering part of our driveway.
Ice covered tree.
Ice covered tree in my yard.
Ice covered bud off of our dogwood tree
This is a tree with just too much weight on it’s shoulders!
Ice on a metal construction fence
These pics were shared on a Frederick County, MD website. We were already warned against going downtown this afternoon as most of the roads were closed off.
Downed tree.
Local coffee house had some damage that forced them to remain closed today.
One of MANY downed trees.
Ice covered tree.
This is what most of the area looked like today.
Ice on the power lines.
We saw a lot of this today.
Vehicle covered in ice. We also pulled our wipers out on our cars last night.
I LOVE this shot!