[AT] Ice storms - Nasty strip across Indiana

[Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA]

I think we lucked out here in NE Illinois last night.  We have ice, but 
I think that the temperature is JUST warm enough that the build-up is 
not nearly as bad as the central states got.  We are under a storm 
watch, but hopefully the worst is over.

Everything is of course closed, but I think all will be back to normal 
by tomorrow.

Gene
Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

Francis Robinson wrote:
>     So far this year it has not been anything like OK or MO but I have 
> always been amazed at the "strips" of climate differences across this state. 
> I live about 25 miles south east of Indy on what I often describe as "the 
> edge of the prairie". The lower edge of the great glacier wandered along a 
> line around 20 to 40 miles south of me. I don't claim to understand all of 
> the differences I observe. Indiana is not a large state but is much longer 
> north to south than east to west. There is a "strip" across the north edge 
> of the state that has a "LOT" of lake effect snow from Lake Michigan. Just 
> below that is what I refer to as "the nasty strip" of the state. It runs 
> across about along a line through Lafayette / Crawfordsville on through Peru 
> / Kokomo and on across through Portland / Winchester. As I have watched the 
> various weather systems over the years I am always glad that my ancestors 
> stopped here instead of up there. We have strong storms, tornados, snows and 
> ice storms here but nothing like those poor folks do. It is just a terribly 
> unstable streak across the state. Ice storms in particular seem many times 
> more frequent there and power outages are much more frequent. From Indy 
> south along a line about even with I-70 the weather is much less radical. I 
> suppose that nasty streak extends on across northern Ohio and PA...
>     There is another invisible line across about 20 miles south of me isn't 
> so extreme but for some reason in just that short difference the crops below 
> that line are always 10 to 14 days ahead of crops here. To get that much 
> additional change you almost have to get south into Kentucky or at least the 
> Ohio river valley.
>     We are thinking about you folks in the OK area H.L. The pictures we are 
> seeing on the news look pretty scary...
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> When you reach the end of your rope
>  tie a knot and hang on...
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net 
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