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Rochester Ice Storm

Date: 04/04/2003
Size: 13 items
RochesterIceStorm2003-1

RochesterIceStorm2003-1

Let's start our journey... right in my front yard! Here's the hedge shrub at the end of the driveway.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 428
RochesterIceStorm2003-2

RochesterIceStorm2003-2

Heading around the back of my house you see the individual blades of grass preserved in ice.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 351
RochesterIceStorm2003-3

RochesterIceStorm2003-3

Heading around front again you come across this tree which really shows how every branch was coated during the storm.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 336
RochesterIceStorm2003-4

RochesterIceStorm2003-4

This photo doesn't do justice to the fact that it took me almost 20 minutes to open my driver's side door!

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 366
RochesterIceStorm2003-5

RochesterIceStorm2003-5

I hopped in my car and drove to Cobbs Hill. Again, showing every inch of preservation is this photo of a pine tree.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 374
RochesterIceStorm2003-6

RochesterIceStorm2003-6

This is a shot up the same tree as the previous photograph. I just can't believe all the ice on each pine needle.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 362
RochesterIceStorm2003-7

RochesterIceStorm2003-7

The icicles hanging off this picnic bench are about 18 inches long and are slanted from the wind.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 357
RochesterIceStorm2003-8

RochesterIceStorm2003-8

Showing the same idea, here are some bleachers simply covered in icicles.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 336
RochesterIceStorm2003-10

RochesterIceStorm2003-10

After leaving Cobbs Hill I decided to drive around for a little while and saw this great example of how it didn't matter which way the signs were facing as they all got iced.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 350
RochesterIceStorm2003-11

RochesterIceStorm2003-11

I then headed over to the Eastman Theater and Sibley Library area.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 358
RochesterIceStorm2003-12

RochesterIceStorm2003-12

This is a shot of the park benches right under the tree in the previous photo.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 341
RochesterIceStorm2003-13

RochesterIceStorm2003-13

This is Gibbs St. and the area surrounding Eastman Theater. Of course, nobody is around!

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 373
RochesterIceStorm2003-14

RochesterIceStorm2003-14

And now for the piece de resistance; a closeup photo of the berries on the bushes at Eastman Place showing how much ice was on each branch.

Date: 04/04/2003
Views: 338
   
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