The Damage of Ice Storms
This winter, Minnesota is facing the same tumultuous weather patterns as the rest of the country. This year has had a lack of snow, too much snow, and if the temperatures warm up just enough as a weather event comes through, the snow can change to freezing rain and quickly become an ice storm. What is an Ice Storm? Ice storms happen when a warm layer of air rests above a freezing layer of air at ground level. When a winter storm moves through, the warm air melts the falling snow into rain. This rain freezes as soon as it [...]