January 2010 Ice/Snow Storm

The latest Oklahoma ice/snow storm dumped about 1/4" of ice and 5"-6" of snow on Muskogee. For just an example of how it looks compared to the previous major ice and snow storms, here are two shot that I have photographed in each storm.

Shot one:

January 30th, 2010 (ice and snow)

December 27th, 2009 (snow)

January 28th, 2009 (ice and sleet)

January 14th, 2007 (ice)


Shot two:

January 30th, 2010 (ice and snow)


January 29th, 2009 (ice and sleet)


January 13th, 2007 (ice)

There really isn't any ice damage this time, especially nothing that can be compared to the Great Ice Storm of January 2007. Judging from how long the Christmas Eve 2009 snow lasted, it may be a while until this snow melts, and it will certainly be weeks until the ground, saturated as it already was, dries out.

Ice in Muskogee... Again

Ice Storms in Muskogee, January 2007 and 2009.

January 14, 2007: Three inches of ice. Mainly trees and power lines affected; the roads were clear.

January 28, 2009: One inch of ice, three inches of sleet. The trees and power lines aren't nearly as bad, but the roads are horrible.







January 13, 2007: This neighborhood lost power for several days. The damage to the trees was very bad by the time it was all over.







January 29, 2009: The tree damage here is fairly minimal, and the power hasn't gone off yet.





Here's a few more pictures taken this morning. There has been a little melting since the other day, but it hasn't been much.


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1. That's ice off the power lines. 2-3 feet long, stabbed right into the sleet. 2. They finally cleared the road. 3. Pine trees don't like the ice, but it was much, much worse in 2007.