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From: Davenport, IA
Got the FIVE limbs off my house - the largest is about 10" diameter. Pine and ice don't mix to well. Couldn't use a chainsaw - too slick, so I prunned what was hooked around the chimney and let er slide off. Kinda risky, but no holes in the roof, just some scuffed up shingles. I still have one 6"d limb hooked vertical on a gutter, but that can wait.
Anybody need a brush-pile?!
Anybody need a brush-pile?!
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From: midwest
Ya ice sucks, I had to do the grass/driveway to get off the street also. I had to got to work and drive on it with a fire truck, you want to talk about a huge sled. I do not know how ya boys with the big rigs do it.
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From: San Antonio
Thats easy you see ethier see the ditch,wreck, park it, or get lucky where are you a firefighter at my dad drives for Waterloo fire department they went out and bought cables a couple years ago. They also have two trucks get stuck one went out to a car (i forget the reason for the call). guy just need to get pulled out. as they came back to the(station 8 truck) it slid sideways and took out 4 mailboxes. another truck got stuck called for a tow. tow truck could not get there until the street was salted and sanded then the fire turck made it out on its own.
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From: midwest
In West Des Moines, ya we have alot of interstate coverage. We are out all the time because well meaing people see a car go into the ditch and call 911. We get there and find out they just took a nice ride through the ditch. We will go out at the start of a storm on about 5-10 an hour.
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From: Eastern Iowa Soon Texas
Well we got just under 1/2 inch of ice with about 8 inches of snow on top of it last night 
Got to love Iowa weather, last week 55 degrees today 12 degree with ice/snow 
Got to love Iowa weather, last week 55 degrees today 12 degree with ice/snow
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
Seems like the ice has a hold on the Hawkeye State... I have'nt been off the place since Monday, and it was getting nasty then. Spent all day yesterday here with the girlfriend, and today woke up to some branches down in the backyard and cows all huddled together out of the wind. Wish I could do the same today, but gotta work tonight (there's a small chance of them closing the warehouse, but I've only seen it happen once in the seven years I've worked there). Everybody keep safe, okay?
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From: Marengo, Iowa
well, after this final round, got plenty of ice, but just enough snow to say we have it. Still traffic on the raods, sand trucks were out early this morning, one thing I got to give the MO DOT, they get out there and keep watch BEFORE it gets bad.
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From: Davenport, IA
Originally Posted by fellro86
...sand trucks were out early this morning...
I hate salt.
Was out snowmobiling all afternoon for about 8 hours, got 75 miles on banging around in the ditches. 
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From: iowa
farmb0y, I like the snow alot better than the ice, but man did I see a lot of torn up trucks on the interstate (and 4 wheeler too, mostly SUVs, and 4x4 pickups) but the worst yesterday was getting run off the road literly by another pickup when I was coming home from knoxville in the snow I realized this idiot was pretty close to me so I pulled to the right when I felt my truck fall off the pavement to the shoulder I knew I was over far enough but he was still gonna hit me head on, I ended up with my entire truck off on the shoulder, and our mirrors still didn't miss by more than 2 inches.
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From: nebraska
Hey monsterbaby sorry for a Nebraska guy butting in on a Iowa thread but I guess were not the only ones with winter weather. It seems like people dont no how to drive on this stuff. Take lots off chances. Had a semi pass me on a hill when the roads were snow packed and I was going 45 had too slow down for him thought he might hit a car passing me. Geez are peope that in a hurrey to take chances. My goal is to keep moving and not go in a ditch. If your in the ditch your going 0 miles per hour. Crazy drivers. Speed is what gets everybody in these conditions. Hopefully peope will learn after this storm. I doubt it though. BTW you have a nice chapter here.