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Ice Storm 2007

Central Oklahoma was hit with a major ice storm on December 9-10, 2007. We were without power for about 40 hours, however, we were lucky. Many of our family and friends did not have power for almost two weeks. The freezing rain began on Sunday morning Dec. 9, and continued until Monday afternoon. About 1.5- 2" of ice accumulated in a narrow corridor along and near I-44. Luckily, strong warm air advection resulted in a temperature rise to 33-34 degrees F on Monday evening and Tuesday, or the storm would have been much worse. I managed to snap a few pics on Monday morning before work. The only other ice storm I have seen, that was worse than this one, was in the Memphis area (February 1994) when over 3" of ice accumulated.

South view from my driveway. Neighbors need chainsaws to get their cars out.	SE view from my driveway. Long icicles from neighbors house and trees.
South view from my driveway. Tree branches hanging over powerlines before they fell.	East view from my back porch. Ice buildup on trees, power lines, and privacy fence.
NE view from my back porch. Ice on power lines. Fallen trees on the fence, which luckily remained intact.	SE view from my front porch. Large tree branches begin to come down.
Dylan's backyard toys covered in ice.	Trees bent in half at my father-in-law's house.
East view from my father-in-law's driveway. Ice covered trees before branches fell.	East view looking across Sooner Rd. from end of driveway. Ice covered trees broken and bent in half.