On Sun, 06 Mar 2016 09:31:58 -0600, Mr Macaw wrote:


That's very odd and seems to be against the laws of physics. If it's
below freezing on the branches, how come it's above freezing higher up
(where you'd expect it to be colder) causing rain and not hail?

The only time we get too much weight on branches is in colder parts
(North Scotland) where SNOW falls on things. Snow has the ability to
stick of course, and builds up.

Some pictures here
http://nlcs1.nlc.state.ne.us/docs/pilot/pubs/storm1976.pdf of damage from
an ice storm in Nebraska back in 1976. Nebraska is a bit north of
the center of the continental U.S.
The power companies were using helicopters to haul the towers to the
fields and set them in place. The towers were built at old WWII
airfields. The storm hit in the spring so the fields were thawing
and there was the usual spring moisture to contend with.


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