This aerial video of Pigeon River State Forest in northern lower Michigan is hard to understand unless you know how mature red pines grow: the branches and needles are almost all at the top. Those things that look like xmas trees in the undergrowth are actually the snapped-off tops of trees.
I boosted a video of them actually snapping on the day of the storm. Terrifying

https://youtu.be/9CUNIEHD0gE
#Michigan #IceStorm

Wow.

‘Never seen anything quite like this.’

Nearly 1M acres of Michigan state forest damaged by late March ice storm.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/04/never-seen-anything-quite-like-this-nearly-1m-acres-of-michigan-state-forest-damaged-by-ice-storm.html

After 16 days with no power, a friend of mine 45 minutes north of us has finally gotten their power turned back on.

There are still many without power across northern Michigan. It's been over two weeks since the ice storm.

Got most of the downed trees from the #icestorm cut up and out to the street. That was a painful workout. Surprisingly, the little 12 inch dewalt electric saw did a damn good job and only went through 1.5 6Ah batteries. A friend with a gas chainsaw came and helped with the bigger stuff and we loaded his pickup with firewood. Still going to have to have some trees removed at a later date.

"In Johannesburg, over 400 utility poles had to be replaced.

Normally (Great Lakes Energy) replaces about 800 poles a year and we are already at 1,100 poles for this storm."

Officials provide ice storm assessment in Otsego County, city of Cheboygan.

https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2025/04/09/officials-provide-ice-storm-assessment-in-otsego-county-city-of-cheboygan/83008082007/

cc @serpicojam

Whoa. And they're still working on clearing roads from the ice storms of March 28-30.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources clears 630 miles of roadway from ice storm, shares interactive map of reopenings.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/04/dnr-clears-630-miles-of-roadway-from-ice-storm-shares-map-of-reopenings.html

17,500 customers still without power after Ontario ice storm: Hydro One
Some 17,500 customers are still without electricity more than a week after a powerful spring storm encrusted parts of central and eastern Ontario with ice.
#weather #electricity #power #Ontario #Canada #Icestorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123159/ontario-ice-storm-hydro-reports/

Man killed by falling tree following major spring ice storm in Ontario
Ontario Provincial Police are reporting a fatality related to the ice storm after a man in his late 70s was struck by a fallen tree.
#accident #weather #death #Ontario #Canada #Icestorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11121503/man-killed-ontario-spring-ice-storm-near-peterborough/

More than 34,000 customers remain powerless after spring storm tears through Ontario
Just over 35,000 customers still don't have power back in Ontario more than a week after a storm tore through the central and eastern parts of the province.
#weather #power #storm #Ontario #Icestorm #Ontariostorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11121042/ontario-spring-storm-thousands-without-power-cleanup/

Put away the skis, and got in first hike of the season. Over half of the #BruceTrail is closed due to #IceStorm damage and debris clean up. Got in 22 KM yesterday before the Sydenham section was “closed”.
#hiking
#spring

Ford visits areas with prolonged power outages caused by ice storm in Ontario
Ford thanked hydro workers, volunteers and local officials for their ongoing efforts to restore power to tens of thousands of homes and business that are still in the dark.
#politics #weather #electricity #Ontario #Icestorm #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116297/ontario-ice-storm-doug-ford-visit/

Wonder how Alpena County, Michigan is doing. They announced door-to-door welfare checks yesterday.... (ice storm from 4 days ago!)

Alpena County will be conducting door to door wellness checks of our residents. To request a specific location/person be checked, click this link and complete the form https://forms.gle/jryUmMKBNtiQXDx8A To speed the process of door to door checks, hang a white item on your door if you're ok or a red item if you need help. Also see Alpena County website.

I wonder if our friends south of the border are sending any assistance?
#USA #USPol #Canada #CdnPoli #IceStorm
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rainfall-gta-southern-ontario-wednesday-1.7499727

Well four #ottbikes in the garage now. The #NorcoSeceneVLT #ebikes are waiting for the last #icestorm to be over to be put in service. Tomorrow with warmer temps the #winterbikes will get end of season cleaning and chain cleaning and be put away downstairs.

Friday new #Mazda3Sport getting it's non-winter tires put on.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

#photography #path #ice #icestorm #trees

Slowly but surely power is coming on again.

The folks across the street have their power back now.

My ETA is 11pm.

Big thank you to hard working Hydro crews, as well as to Arborists and Volunteers helping to remove downed trees and debris.

There is still plenty of work to go - I know folks that are really rural and probably won't get power until next week! - and there's the possibility of another #IceStorm on Wednesday.

Stay Safe out there!