Freezing Rain
@capirani (2817)
United States
January 21, 2024 9:40pm CST
Enough is enough! After this past couple of weeks of frigid weather, now freezing rain is supposed to be coming tomorrow. Of all the bad winter weather, I hate freezing rain the most. It can cause power outages which can make survival a problem for many people.
On the other hand, what freezing rain does to the trees, shrubs, and other things in nature can be truly beautiful. I remember when I was about 12 years old or so the ice covered this cluster of cherry trees in our yard. In regular weather, it looked like 5 or 6 cherry trees grew up in the same spot leaving this circular area I loved to play in. But when the ice storm hit that winter, those trees liked like a crystal palace. It was a beautiful place for a little girl's imagination.
But being 68 years old now, I totally dread freezing rain because it can be so dangerous.
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@porwest (112802)
• United States
22 Jan 24
Pretty or not, I don't want any of it. Winter sucks. For a sec there I thought maybe we'd skip it since November and December were particularly warm. But then January happened. This morning it's one big sheet of ice out there and it sucks. Blech. lol
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@capirani (2817)
• United States
23 May 24
Freezing rain is in the winter, sometimes late fall or early spring, anytime the temperature is near the freezing point. It comes down as rain but hits the ground freezing immediately, making roads very slick and dangerous. It also weighs down tree limbs and utility wires which can cause breakage and power outages.
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@Deepizzaguy (122105)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Jan 24
I know how you feel about freezing rain because a blackout can happen like last Tuesday when a cold rain came in the afternoon that almost knocked out my computer.
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