In article ,
Kate Brown writes:
Could it happen this side of the pond? I mean, ice storms on that kind
of scale?

I think the last time we had something of that severity over a widish
area was probably in January, 1940, when central Southern England was
badly affected. Obviously less severe cases happen more frequerntly.

Mind you, it also freezes solid any chance of persuading the US to take
reduction of carbon emissions seriously.

(What do they mean, winter-'like'? It *is* winter, for heaven's sake!)

Yes, I thought that too.
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