I have always been fascinated by ice storms, in particular freezing rain. It is simply amazing to me that plain rain falling into sub-freezing temperatures can create the beauty and destruction that it does. I ran across the following pictures on a weather blog that I read often and received permission from the author, Brian Emfinger, to post them here. His website is http://www.realclearwx.com/. For my money, these are the most amazing ice storm pictures I have ever seen. Keep in mind that in some of the mountainous areas of NW Arkansas, over 90% of the trees have been snapped over or topped-off. These areas may not look the same for another decade.
The following picture was taken in the mountains near Pouteau. Not Canada. Oklahoma.
Notice in the next picture the ice at higher levels and not so much ice in the valley. The rain had time to freeze into sleet at lower levels before hitting the ground, but on the tops of mountains the rain didn't have enough time to freeze into pellets before hitting the trees, so the rain froze onto the trees.
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I live in Rogers, AR, but I was down visiting family in OK when the storm hit. My neighbor said we were without electricity for about 24 hours. I'll try to remember to post a couple of pics I took when I got back--3 days after the storm. Even with the melting, it was still pretty bad. Trees are down everywhere, but people seem to be helping each other and cleaning up as much as they can.
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