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We had a heavy snow in the morning, then in the early afternoon, temperatures went above freezing and it started to rain very hard, and then the temperature dropped down very fast to below freezing and the rain turned to ice and and all the pretty snow covered trees, turned to ice covered trees, and the weight was too much for them to handle. Oh yeah, in the midst of all this we lost power for 30 hours or so. Here are a few photos of what happened in less the 4 hours time. The first was our proud birch tree that turned into a weeping willow, and the second is one of our bird feeders in the back yard. Sad, we really liked that birch. Here you can see what happened to our bird feeders in less than 4 hours John Country: USA | Posts: 5804 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  12:56:43 PM       White Birch is common in colder climates partly because it can recover from severe bending from snow loads. Your photo doesn't show anything I can see as broken; if it were mine I'd hustle out there with a stick and break as much ice as I could off the twigs and small branches. If you knock little stuff off, that will re-grow. Country: USA | Posts: 6694 TRAINS1941 Engineer Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  2:02:46 PM     I would what James said. But it sure is a pretty looking scene! Jerry "And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln Country: USA | Posts: 13047 jaynjay Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  3:06:11 PM       The picture was taken yesterday. Today has started to warm up to the mid 30's and lo and behold, the tree is returning to it's natural state...about 50% now. Never had a birch tree before; in fact only seen them in paintings. Learned something new everyday. Ain't Nature grand John Country: USA | Posts: 5804 deemery Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  3:22:52 PM     Here's an article on birch trees in ice: https://pikes-hikes.com/birch-trees-bending/ dave Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) Country: USA | Posts: 8742 Bernd Fireman Posted - 01/03/2021 :  3:41:15 PM       Living up here in NY east of Lake Erie and south of Lake Ontario we occasionally get ice storms. In the past 60 years we've gone through several. On one we lost power for over a week. Way up in northern NY the ice took down the high power towers for over a month. So your 30 hours without power is a walk in the park for us up here in NY. It is pretty at times, especially when the sun shines. Here are some images from the 1991 ice storm in Rochester, NY. Bernd New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds Country: USA | Posts: 3894 jbvb Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  4:13:44 PM       Glad your birch is recovering. Depending on how far the trunks bent, they may not complete their recovery till mid- or late Summer. Bernd, the ice storm that had them driving old MLW locos down Canadian streets contributed to my decision to install my PV/battery home power system. We were south of the ice line, but only a few days later we went to an event in Augusta, ME, which was well into the ice. And my friend in St. Lawrence county got a story he'll tell all his life: There was a 12" ash outside his glass greenhouse. In the middle of the storm he heard it split and fall. He expected his greenhouse was wrecked, but when he got out there, it was intact, every exposed surface protected by 6" of ice. The ash trunk just bounced off it. Country: USA | Posts: 6694 tloc Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/03/2021 :  10:06:05 PM     Birch trees are beautiful and definitely resilient. Seems ice storms in North Central Wisconsin never bothered them, lightning though was different. We had a huge ice storm in the early 80’s. The power was out for 4 days per my folks, we were on vacation. Lost everything in the freezer. Since then, we have never Been without a backup generator for the whole house. Glad your trees are alright. TomO Country: USA | Posts: 4202 k9wrangler Engineer Posted - 01/04/2021 :  09:59:49 AM     We were lucky here a hunnert miles or so N of John and the ice portion of the storm was short and reverted to thick heavy snow. Much easier on the electric grid and the birch trees. Pretty but devastating with all the ice. Karl Scribner Sunfield Twp. Michigan H.M.F.I.C Kentucky Southern Railway The Spartan Line Country: USA | Posts: 11769 quartergauger48 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/04/2021 :  8:21:01 PM     Five inches of the wet heavy stuff overnight'. No school again for the youngsters'.... Jay & Jay, we've had several of those snow, rain,ice and snow again over the years here in S.W. CT, in the Berkshires and out skirts of the Hudson Valley, in NY. I've lost all types of trees over the 30 years I'm here.... Ted Edited by - quartergauger48 on 01/04/2021 8:26:34 PM Country: USA | Posts: 6169 Ray Dunakin Fireman Posted - 01/07/2021 :  7:57:41 PM       Wow. That stuff's sure nice to look at but I wouldn't want to live there. Country: USA | Posts: 3358 jaynjay Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/08/2021 :  1:02:12 PM       quote: Originally posted by Ray Dunakin Wow. That stuff's sure nice to look at but I wouldn't want to live there. We get all 4 seasons here. I like the winters here; a little cold, but that's what long sleeve shirts are for. Joan likes the fall when the tree leaves turn colors. Very pretty here; all things considered I lived 50 years in SoCal and you couldn't pay me enough money to live there again John Country: USA | Posts: 5804 quartergauger48 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/08/2021 :  4:06:07 PM     John, you mean flannel shirts'... don't you'... Ted Country: USA | Posts: 6169 jaynjay Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/08/2021 :  5:44:06 PM       quote: Originally posted by quartergauger48 John, you mean flannel shirts'... don't you'... Ted: Actually I meant "long sleeved Carhart lined flannel" shirts John Edited by - jaynjay on 01/08/2021 5:45:51 PM Country: USA | Posts: 5804 quartergauger48 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/10/2021 :  2:32:40 PM     Those are darn good shirts'... 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