Ice Covered houses in upstate NY

[doomsdave]

Saw these pictures, and yike-a-rooney. I remember blizzards etc., in Cleveland, but never ice storms like this.

Hope any Cat Siters in that 'hood (and their kitties) are okay . . .

 

[NY cat man]

That place is about 40 miles south of me, on the shore of Lake Erie. We had high winds creating 14 to 18 foot waves, and in the sub-freezing temps, the spray froze on several houses. The same happened last winter to houses on the Lake Ontario shore east of Rochester.

 

[Winchester]

I've seen a few pictures like that on FB. The pictures are awesome, but it would be scary, too.

 

[DreamerRose]

We had some doozies of ice storms in Atlanta, but nothing like that. Those pics look like a sci-fi movie.

 

[Jemima Lucca]

Wow are these really homes? It doesn’t even look real. Man if that was my house I’d be real concerned about the potential for structural damage

 

[maggie101]

I looked it up. They are real. Gave me the shivers!

 

[NY cat man]

Wow are these really homes? It doesn’t even look real. Man if that was my house I’d be real concerned about the potential for structural damage

Not so much structural damage, but as the ice is melting, they are having problems with water infiltration. They showed the mess again on the local news last night. That area is notorious for such things, as a strong west or southwest wind causes what is called a 'seiche', piling the water at the eastern end and causing flooding or, in this case, 'ice houses'.

 

[mightyboosh]

That's amazing. The inhabitants would be forced to find alternative accommodation before they were frozen in I suppose.

 

[NY cat man]

That's amazing. The inhabitants would be forced to find alternative accommodation before they were frozen in I suppose.

In some cases, those are summer houses that are closed up while others are lived in year-round.

 

[Koveshnikov]

it's terrible we would not live in such a place

 

[Kat0121]

it's terrible we would not live in such a place

Same here. Absolutely not.

 

[NY cat man]

Same here. Absolutely not.

Awwww, c'mon, it's not that bad- at least most of the time. I mean, you should see the sunsets over the lake sometime.

 

[Koveshnikov]

Awwww, c'mon, it's not that bad- at least most of the time. I mean, you should see the sunsets over the lake sometime.

we better look at the pictures of these sunsets

 

[doomsdave]

it's terrible we would not live in such a place

Well I used to live in Cleveland on lake Erie and the lakes are lovely so big you can’t see the other side.

But the weather yike, why I went to California

 

[doomsdave]

Awwww, c'mon, it's not that bad- at least most of the time. I mean, you should see the sunsets over the lake sometime.

We can agree on that much!

 

[Willowy]

That happened at Lake Poinsett last spring. I thought there were similar pictures but I can't find them. I suppose people who have lake houses are prepared for that kind of thing. I wonder how much their insurance costs. . .

 

[muffy]

I was in Niagara Falls in February once and it was like 20 below zero with the wind chill factor. It was bitter cold and all the trees and lamp post were covered in ice like the houses were. It was breath taking.