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2016 Eugene, Oregon Ice Storm, Freezing Rain As A Weather Event

Single Red Ornament
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A single red ornament hung from an ice encased tree just beyond ice encased rose bushes.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:14:16 Wednesday 14 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0733
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Ice Dripped
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Water dripped off green leaves and froze to form tiny icicles.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 15:20:00 Wednesday 14 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #T16_2075
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Low Tree Limb
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The weight of ice encasing this tree limb caused it to hang so low it touched the ground.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:32:36 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0734
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Tops Of Trees Fell
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The tops of tall trees in the neighbors yard broke under the load of ice and fell across a raised garden bed.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:32:44 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0735
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Tree Tops Horizontal
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The tops of a neighbor's tree lay horizontally on a raised garden bed.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:33:21 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0736
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Ice Encased
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Ice encased tree limbs created an almost black and white image.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:33:30 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #T16_2082
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Branches Littered The Lawn
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Fallen branches littered the back lawn.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:33:33 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0737
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Ice Slick Street
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An ice slick street lay beyond an ice encased tree.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:34:53 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0739
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A Rose Bush
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A rose bush, that presented many small pink and red roses during the spring, was encased in ice during the autumn.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:35:01 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0740
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Tree With A Few Leaves
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A tree that had lost all but a few of its leaves was frozen with those few leaves frozen too.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:36:10 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0742
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Branches Bowed
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Branches of a tree were bowed over under the weight of ice.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:36:21 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0743
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Rose Hips
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The rose hips of a rose bush were frozen and encased in ice too.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:37:30 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0746
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Red Beyond Ice
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A red ornament was barely visible through the intervening ice encased branches.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:40:14 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #T16_2094
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Top Of Broken Tree
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The top of this tree had broken off under the weight of ice. Its other branches were bowed but not yet broken.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 12:21:47 Thursday 15 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #T16_2103
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Sun Hit Ice Tree
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On the third day of the ice storm, the sun finally appeared and back lit an ice encased tree.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:18:19 Saturday 17 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0759
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Sun Thawed
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A late afternoon sun began to thaw the trees.


Eugene Ice Storm external link   •  Ice As A Weather Event   •  Eugene, Oregon external link   •  (Date Photographed: 17:19:49 Saturday 17 December 2016)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 22 December 2016)   •  © 2016 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #X16_0766
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