Ice storms effects on people? and does anybody have a good definition and what are its characteristics?

Question

i have a geography assignment for school. thanks for any answers in advance.

Answer 1

Each coat of ice that sticks to an object makes the object heavier and heavier, and even more ice makes objects even heavier.

The weight can go as heavy as 30, 40, or 50-80 pounds of pressure per square inch.....or about 100 to 200 foot pounds.

You probably know that this is why an excess coat of ice on tree

branches or power lines can cause them to snap, rupture, or break under the heavy weight of the ice coating. I think this happens with at least 1/2 inch of coated ice but even worse with 3/4 or 1 inch of coated ice or more.

Well, freezing rain or sleet can cause stings on your exposed skin as the stuff falls as fast as 130 mph. But ice causes less sting because the skin of humans are already warm to melt that ice.

Answer 2

Ice storms may be comprised of either glaze ice or rime ice. Meteorologists classify transparent and homogeneous ice forming on vertical and horizontal surfaces as glaze. Glaze ice resembles ice-cube ice in appearance. Its amorphous, dense structure helps it cling tenaciously to any surface on which it forms. In contrast, if the ice is milky and crystalline, like sugar, it is termed rime. Rime ice is less dense than glaze ice and clings less tenaciously, therefore damage due to rime is generally minor compared to glaze ice.

Periods of freezing rain may fall in any winter storm crossing eastern North America. When the fall of freezing rain persists and ice accumulates, meteorologists classify the storm as an ice storm. Ice storms transform roads into huge skating rinks and leave downed power lines and broken trees in their wake. However, like a heavy snow storm, the damage and inconvenience are often tempered by dazzling beauty.

For drivers, the consequences of icing can be serious, for stopping distances on glaze ice are ten times greater than on dry pavement, and double that on packed snow.

Power and communication systems using overhead lines are perhaps hardest hit by ice storms, as the great ice storm of 1998 in New England and Quebec attests. Hanging wire cables collect ice until the cable breaks or the rain stops.

Answer 3

You should be doing your own homework instead of asking others to do it for you.  Nothing wrong with using the web, but try googling to find the answers yourself.  What you're doing is called cheating.

Answer 4

they are really dangerous...freezes the road-you cant drive. then it makes tree branches heavy so they fall left and right...and its just really cold