How big is it?
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
February 9, 2010 9:59am CST
What is the largest one.you've seen? 
What's the thickest one you've seen? 
What's the nicest one you've seen? 
Here's a photo of my neighbors.
His is HUGE and thick as well.
I've seen one a bit larger and thicker.
It goes from the roof and connects with his rose bush.
So his is about 8 feet long.
Maybe 6 inches around as well.
I am talking about icicles.
CHeck out the photo.
What's the thickest one you've seen?
What's the nicest one you've seen?
Here's a photo of my neighbors.
His is HUGE and thick as well.
I've seen one a bit larger and thicker.
It goes from the roof and connects with his rose bush.
So his is about 8 feet long.
Maybe 6 inches around as well.
I am talking about icicles.
CHeck out the photo.7 people like this
10 responses
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Wow, that's a big one! I've seen some pretty big, long ones when I was a kid but haven't seen anything like that since I moved back to the Midwest. I have a few hanging from my house but they're pretty small. My neighbor has more and they are longer. I wonder why?
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@BarBaraPrz (45568)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Feb 10
His gutters are more clogged than yours.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
9 Feb 10
It's called ice jamming.
If a house is not insulated real well the warm out escapes causing the snow etc to melt creating this.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
9 Feb 10
Thanks Grandpa and BarBaraPrz! It's nice to know that my gutters are fine and the little bit of insulation I have (house is 85 years old) are doing their job! 
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
10 Feb 10
Thanks for sharing this pic of icicle. We will probably be seeing some around here since we just got about 6 inches of snow here over night and expecting more throughout the next week. I could do without it and we have had more snow this year than we have had in a few years. Supposed to be arctic cold here as well.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
10 Feb 10
As of the 10 inches we got here the other day we are now 5 inches above normal for average snowfall amounts. It hasn't snowed like this for a lot of years as well here. Been weird without tons of snow like this.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
9 Feb 10
I had a look at your photo and left a comment.
It really is fascinating to see what nature can form.
I have only seen icicles in caves.
Is all this ice going to damage his rose bush? What happens to your garden after it has been covered with snow?
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
10 Feb 10
Nope, the rose bush will survive I am sure.
Nothing happens to it.
Comes spring thaw I dig it up and turn the soil adding compost and start again.
Lotta work for sure.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
@BarBaraPrz (45568)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Feb 10
I used to get some impressive ones myself, at my last house, but a friend of the time took too much pleasure in smashing them down...
(Does the word 'icicle' look weird to anyone else?)
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
9 Feb 10
I love breaking them off and eating them. HAHA!
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@margerydaw14 (735)
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20 Feb 10
hahahahaha very good and no i havent seen one like that. 1 person likes this
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
9 Feb 10
We had a big storm a few weeks ago and it was snowing in the mountains. A reporter was in Truckee talking on camera when a woman came out of a store and stood just under the roof. He shooed her off and told her there was a huge icicle over her head. After she left, he threw something at it and it fell down. It was pretty big, but not quite that big!
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@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
10 Feb 10
Wow, that's what you call impressive! It's really cold there, isn't it? I hope the spring will come soon, I think I would die if where I live it was as cold as it looks in your picture 
