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When Ice Drifts Attack

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The StormWatch 8 Weather department received some interesting and fascinating email Thursday from a viewer named Julie. Here is what the email said: “…these are photos at Pillar Point along the eastern lake side of Lake Ontario… the wind was so strong on Wednesday it piled ice in the yards of residences there…. photos are [...]

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Tags: Ice · Misc Weather · NY Weather · National Weather · Weather News · Wind Damage · Winter Weather

Ike (By the Numbers) Power Outages & Wind Gusts into Midwest & Great Lakes

September 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was looking through my daily weather blogs seeing what topics were being discussed and I came across a post from AccuWeather.com’s Jesse Ferrell Weather Matrix Blog and Ike’s national impact on power outages. Looking at ALL the power outages Ike has caused in the US from its time as a Hurricane and tropical storm [...]

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