Thursday, January 29

Ice Storm at LSF

I know most of you won't have the ability to read this right now because you are without power. Beth & I are some of the lucky ones whose lights flickered, but never lost power. I hate to mention it (actually, I love it because I'm a weather nerd), but some forecasters are calling for the potential of another big storm on Monday. Belski from WAVE 3 is saying we could easily get several inches with the potential for the biggest storm of the winter, possibly a blizzard. They should have a better handle on the track of this southern storm in the next few days.
I took a few pictures today around LSF of the ice and snow. It is pretty, but it is very destructive. Not only does it break trees, but it is also too much weight for our backstop netting, light poles and our gutters on the roof. Our little river birches out front are touching their toes, but they are young and supple enough they should bounce back as long as we don't disturb them. Our main concern is the Old National Bank building next door (the one with the pointy green roof that looks like a sail boat). It is notorious for dropping huge chunks of ice onto the pavement below. They have the sidewalk cautioned off and we have warned people not to park next to the building. Our General Managers car was totaled several years ago when a ton of ice fell and flattened his car. He saw the whole thing from his office. Anyway, here are a few pictures (Click on the pictures for a larger view).


The SUV in the above picture is parked in the wrong spot. Just waiting for a ton of ice to crash down on top of it.
Maybe they will find the ballpark 10,000 years from now as the overriding glacier melts away at the end of another ice age and wonder what this space was used for.

5 comments:

Mark said...

Peewee looks like he sneezed on his glove. Good pics!

Anonymous said...

I'm a snow lover, not an icicle lover. Thursday morning was the coldest I have ever been,inside a house. Had to leave. Glad you and Beth stayed warm. Young lovers.

Mary Lynn's Blog said...

Look at me - back home and reading the blogs. Good pictures, Brian. Enjoyed them.

Bad Bob said...

Good pictures. From the outfield bleachers all the seats in the grandstands look like they're covered with a tarp.

Bad Bob said...

On my second look thru the pictures I noticed the "Paul Hornung" statue. Very appropriate with him playing out his career on the "Frozen Tundra" of Green Bay.