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To get back to the original question, the only reason a road would be impassable is downed trees or utility poles. Here on the Trans-Maine Trail we have heavy sleet which is much preferable to freezing rain. When we get a heavy sleet shower it runs off the roof like a waterfall. This stuff is very heavy, but it comes out of the snowblower like water out of a fire hose.
The grange hall in Enfield was open for people who had no power. They had a huge commercial stew pot on the stove. People added to the pot every day. There all kinds of vegetables, beef, moose, venison and probably some roast pork. Seasonings were added and it was a great stew. WVOM called it miracle soup.
Mainebrokerman - the Tom that was on 103.9 with Charlie was Tom Morelli. He was our next door neighbor for a few years in Brewer. I still hear Charlie's voice doing some ads on TV. Tom is a photographer and maybe does other things as well. I listened alot during that time of the '98 ice storm. We may have had a few others since but they were not impressive enough to remember the years they happend. I know the '98 one will not be forgotten by many.
To get back to the original question, the only reason a road would be impassable is downed trees or utility poles. Here on the Trans-Maine Trail we have heavy sleet which is much preferable to freezing rain. When we get a heavy sleet shower it runs off the roof like a waterfall. This stuff is very heavy, but it comes out of the snowblower like water out of a fire hose.
Thanks, I dunno why but I pictured in the past, a storm with inches of ice on the roads, making them undrivable without chains. Good to know that doesnt seem very probable, I noticed trees in the backyard nearly broken in half from the weight of the ice on them, I think we only got about half an inch so far here, inland Knox county.
Although radar shows one more mixed band of precipitation coming thru in a few hours. Walked down to the road to check it out, seems like it was treated well, looks frozen but up close its not, In the past we have had much more ice on the road from snow getting packed down, then raining and getting cold overnight.
I'm curious how Route 17 is.
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Originally Posted by Radio Flyer
We lived in NH in 2008 and went through an ice storm. Roads were bad for a couple of days. It wasn't just the ice, it was downed power lines and trees. We were without power for 5 long, miserable days. We did stay in a hotel for the last 3 of those days, but it was difficult to find any vacancies. Thank goodness we had a warm day in the middle of the stint. Our pipes didn't freeze, but my co-worker's did. This becomes a big concern when power is out for an extended time in the winter.
I really cringe at that "once in a lifetime" phrase when it comes to storms....In 2009, The next year after the ice storm, winter went fairly smoothly through Dec. and Jan. I thought we were home-free. "Errr, not so fast!" said Mother Nature. We had a major wind storm in late February. It had been fairly warm and the ground was saturated from all of the melted snow. Trees went down again, even the roots were pulled up from the soggy ground. 4 days without power that time around. Argh! True, it was a wind storm, not an ice storm, but I heard that "once in a lifetime" thing again. Seriously? Two once in a lifetime events in two years? I was growing weary and getting old quickly.
We've been back in Maine for three years (and I grew up here). In my experience, Maine is more organized and prepared in these situations. I wasn't here for the '98 storm though. I was in CA. My dad told me it was like a war-zone.
The reason for this is because these storms happen once every 100 years, based on the whole history of the earth. Our time on this earth is miniscule compared to how long the earth has been around. It's like winning the lottery, If you win one day, you have exact same odds of winning the next day. Even if its only 1 in millions, tons of people win multiple times in their life, while others never win.
Radio Flyer - it is good for our perspective to be reminded how unimprortant we really are in the overall grand picture of things.
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