The Great Melt

28 December 2009By Zhu 16 Comments

After the great freeze, we woke up to the great melt. The weather got a bit warmer overnight and all the ice accumulated had started to melt.

Trees were literally shedding ice. Every blast of wind shook the tree limbs, coated in ice — it sounded like a wind chime. We were lucky: no power line snapped in our neighborhood.

Sidewalks are flooded though and yet a lot of the ice hasn’t melted, even though roads are clean now. It doesn’t just look like winter: it feels like it too. I feel trapped at home with the last few days’ weather.

Ice Power Lines (Please don't snap!)	Coated Tree Limb
Merivale Road	Ice, Baby, Ice
Icy Flower	...And Leaves
Stop! (Ice)	Iced Sign
Icicles	Frozen Mailboxes
Some Cleaning Required In The Neighborhood	Hopefully No Fire
Benched	No Entrance

16 Comments »

Gabriel said:

Gorgeous pics, Zhu. I loved the icy flower and the pedestrian traffic light.

How can something so beautiful be so deadly too?
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# 6 January 2010 at 3:23 pm

Seb said:

The one thing I really don’t like about this kind of weather is that everything wears out more quickly, cars, roads, buildings, bikes… It’s hot in Phoenix, but things tend to be well-preserved.
Seb´s last blog ..This is not a pipe-smoking fox.

# 4 January 2010 at 2:14 am