Some of the worst ice storms we've had have been in late March. Especially sucks with trees knocking down overhead powerlines.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
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I live in a southern part of the US where we occasionally have hurricanes roll through. That doesn't scare me nearly as much as when I hear the words "freezing rain" on the weather report
The whole city is under attack from the trees!
The happiness of a chain saw owner?
Is it weird that I feel bad for that tree? 🥺
Plenty of downed power lines. Looks like it'll be a few days until we're back to normal.
Damn, where are you?
Be safe.
Northern MidWest. Yeah it's supposed to be freezing rain for another day too.
This happened where I lived when I was a kid. Like 3/4 of the city lost power and all the hotels that had electricity were packed. There was a tree in our backyard that got uprooted because it completely froze.
Yup, our power was cut because an arching line caught a truck on fire down the road 😂
I've only seen pictures/videos of ice rain, it's pretty crazy. For everything to be covered in ice, like every branch of a tree... I don't know why anyone would step outside.
Surprisingly, sidewalks and anything not wood was fine to walk on.
I love it when freezing rain does this. It's so pretty on bushes and grasses :)
A long time ago I was able to step outside the morning after an ice storm. It was sunny, and everything looked like glistening glass. Every tree, bench, light pole, etc. it was one of the most beautiful but eerie things I've ever seen. And yes, it's quite dangerous. The weight of the ice compromises the integrity of an awful lot of unexpected things and ice all over the sidewalks doesn't help either.
I've never heard it called "ice rain" before. Only "freezing rain". Are you and OP making this up?
It's just words mashed together, is one correct and the other nonexistent? To that I say, word salad dressing.
And how is this different from hail?
Hail specifically is "Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inch) in diameter, usually associated with thunderstorms."
I also want to say that hail should have layers since it's the ice particles floating up and down creating layers and making the precipitation quite large.
In my mind sleet is precipitation that doesn't have snowflake patterns and are solid when they reach the ground. Freezing rain is when the rain is liquid but freezes after it lands on the ground.
- Hail is large of pellets during a thunderstorm and happens in warm weather.
- Sleet is small ice droplets during winter. Basically rain that froze before hitting the ground.
- Freezing rain is just rain is falling when it's below freezing out and freezes onto things. It's very dangerous.
"Ice rain" is ambiguous and I've never heard it before yesterday. It sounds more like it would mean sleet.
It's pretty common in the winter where I live. It's annoying when you're driving and your wipers and heater can't keep the windshield clear.
This happened in my city shortly after I bought my first house. It was so nauseating listening to tree branches crashing down on my roof all night.
Lmfao that light pole said "physics? Watch this."