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COLLEEN’S CORNER
By Colleen Fielding Welcome to Colleen’s Corner. This is a column meant for fun and some information About myself: I am a Freelance Photographer you often see me on the side of the road or in various places taking photos of different things animals, birds, places, people etc. l have lived in Lumby just over 8 years,you have seen my photos in the newspaper (Lumby Valley Times) and once in awhile in the Vernon Morning Star, and the Lumby Art Gallery. Photography is my passion. Disclaimer: The information on some of my photos that I write about a lot of times come from the Internet or books I research them, hopefully the facts are as close to the truth as I can come.
Pretty But Can Be Dangerous: This time of year you see them hanging every where. These icicles were hanging off my arbor. As you know icicles can occur anywhere. If they are on your roof, or your gutters it is probably not a good idea to knock them down as they are more than likely attached to your shingles, so you are actually knocking off your shingles, or gutters not the icicles! I love taking pictures of them they look so beautiful and elegant, but don’t be deceived on how they look as they can be quite dangerous to a person, or even a vehicle. Icicles are formed from snow or ice on your roof (or other areas like my arbor) combined with below freezing and the sun usually on the south side of your buildings. The sun helps to melt the snow or ice which forms water drips. The water drips in the below freezing air temperature which makes the drops freeze again, and bang you now have icicles! They usually look like a
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long thin carrot or cone shape. This happens because as the thin water sheet is dripping off of something, the outside of the icicle gets colder while it reaches the bottom, then the bottom refreezes and will add to the length of the icicle. This will happen because of heat energy that rises, it will insulate like a blanket making it thicker at the top where the icicle stays warmer, and the dripping water will continue to flow near the bottom of the icicle where it is thinner making the drops freeze again. While the weather conditions are the same with below freezing and some sunshine the icicles will continue to happen. At about 35 degrees Fahrenheit the icicles will start to fall off the buildings. There has been recordings of gigantic icicles around the world in 2006 Accu Weather in North Carolina thought that a webcam had found a 100 foot icicle but this one was never measured. In Scotland at the Dulnain Bridge a icicle grew from 12 feet to 27 feet within weeks.
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Northwest of China on a mountainside a icicle was measured at 30 meters high and 15 meters wide. People have been killed by falling icicles in Russia alone there are over a hundred people killed each year. So they can be beautiful as well as dangerous. Be careful when walking near or under the beautiful icicles if they fall on you they could hurt a lot or have an early demise.
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