Been a fun couple of days in the Triangle. Up to 1 inch of ice from the winter storm.

At the peak, 1.6 million NC/SC customers were without power. 550,000 of those were here in the Triangle. Several thousand also lost phone service. Three deaths have been reported (traffic accidents).

[edit] Sorry for the huge pics - no photochop at work and no internet at home [/edit]

Typical scene driving around Cary:



Carnage at my apartment complex:



What I woke up to. Clear roads, but no power and trees down everywhere from the ice:



And finally what I arrived to at work (only to find out we weren't open at all ):




[Modified by Splat, 1:52 PM 12/5/2002]

 

Cool pics, those ice covered trees look neat as hell

 

Woe, how does that happen?

 

I'd take the Windy City's snow and bone chilling cold any day over Ice like that.
My family is all from connecticut and NY, and ice storms are pretty common.
Crazy stuff. Our office in RTP is closed, too.....


[Modified by Chris N, 12:55 PM 12/5/2002]

 

Wow! Splat looks like the same thing in Clemson....only difference is the fact that I am 4 1/2 hours away

 

Funny you should mention that - a neighbor came by when I was cleaning b0xy off. Said he had just moved down from Chicago and asked "Is this normal??"

Ice = bad, bad stuff. I'll take 2 feet of snow any day over this crap.

 

I'll take 80 degree weather over that chit any day

Craig - Who will be hanging out on the boat in board shorts this weekend

 

Bite me

A few more pics. I'll try to get some good tree shots later. No internet at home, so I won't be able to post again until tomorrow probably.

View down aptly-named Piney Plains Rd. Had just gotten power back in that area:



B0XY loaded down with at least a half-inch of ice. Took about 15 minutes to clear off.



The Scout's JITB antenna ball entombed:



Loaded-down trees along Cary Parkway:

 

Did u put a scarf and ear muffs on your Jack head ..... lol that is great

 

Heh. Came like that - winter special or some **** like that

 

purty

 

Came like that - winter special or some **** like that


Christmas edition

 

Christmas Edition Rocks: me gots one for sale! haha

 

Hope you guys are going to be making out OK with all that freezing rain and ****!

It just stopped snowing here in the DC area.








[Modified by Zygspeed, 3:43 PM 12/5/2002]

 

Man is pretty bad over there Pat. Same here I got two trees down in my backyard.

 

Some cool pics you snapped there. But what are you going to do when you get home? No internet

 

man i am so jealous, i live in the damn mountains and all we're getting is rain

 

i'll take my 75 degrees over that!

 

Internet is back

Is fugged up around here. Out of the 12 apartments in my building, only four have power. Guess who's lucky enough to have the juice?

Amazingly enough, Time-Warner has also fixed their chit!

Calling for strong-ish winds tonight - not sure how long this is gonna last

 

i posted a couple in members corner....
shoulda bout a type R.. lol

 

Good here at Clemson......My brother just got power lastnight in Cary/Morrisville.

 

this is wats perdy bout the ice storm..

 

Now that is nice.

 

Glad that shiet missed us here in GA. They were predicting gloom and doom ice but turns out we were a degree or two over freezing.

Zygspeed..85 CRX Si

 

too...dark...to ... see.....mullet