Weekend Ice Storm (Feb. 9-11, 2018)

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Ice storm over Feb. 9-11 weekend brings Monett area to a standstill.

A typical lawn on Sunday afternoon, with each strand of grass coated in ice. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
A stand of plants left in a mailbox planter, ice coated after the weekend precipitation. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
Trees ice covered on Saturday gained this evident layer of ice overnight on Saturday, leaving a snowy look formed purely from ice by Sunday morning. ( Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
A pine oak, still bearing leaves, shows how the ice stuck to a variety of surfaces. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

A white pine in the Beasley addition, north of Pierce City had branches hanging low from the weekend ice, illustrating the threat of breakage should the ice last for several days. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
Unpicked elderberries appeared distinctly on this bush outside of Pierce City, covered with ice. ( Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
This view illustrates how bleached the landscape became following two days of ice. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
A black cat walked across the alley between Main and Washington streets in Pierce City on Sunday afternoon at Walnut, the only sure footed pedestrian on the move. (P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
This car on the wrong side of the street was one of several that lost traction on the Walnut Street hill in Pierce City on Saturday. (P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
This stand of pine trees on Highway 37 west of Highway PP, halfway between Pierce City and Monett, illustrates how the north facing branches received an ice coating in the weekend precipitation, while branches facing away from the wind were not coated with ice. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
This stand of trees, west of Highway PP on Farm Road 2220, west of Monett, shows the ice left different layers on different surfaces, from grass to a wire fence. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
This view of grass in a southerly look off Farm Road 2220, east of Pierce City, shows how plants turned into sculpture with a coating of ice. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
A view of two trees, both ice covered. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)
A white pine on Farm Road 2220, just east of Highway 97, shows how longer pine needles, once covered with ice, hung low by Sunday afternoon, putting them in danger of breaking if the weight continued for a prolonged period. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)