The 1994 Ice Storm

A majority of this footage was shot at Idlewild park in Easton, MD. The beginning is shot between Glebe Rd. and ST. Aubins Terrace in Easton. It looked like a war zone, and at times it sounded like it. The last few seconds were shot while I was driving on some backroads.
The icestorm struck February 10-11. It left a coat of ice, one to three inches thick, from freezing rain and sleet! Meanwhile, across north-central Maryland 4 to 7 inches of sleet accumulated. By far, the hardest hit was an area was about a 50 mile wide band from near Fredericksburg, VA across southern Maryland (Charles, Calvert, St. Marys) up to Annapolis, across the Eastern Shore (Queen Annes, Caroline, and Talbot) and over Sussex and Kent Counties in Delaware. Some counties lost 10 to 20% of their trees from the heavy ice. Trees fell on homes and cars. Roads were blocked and impassable. Electric and phone lines were down with as much as 90 percent of the county's people without power. Outages and damage were so widespread that many people were without power for a week. A presidential disaster declaration was given and damages were estimated at near $100 million. There were numerous injuries from car accidents and people slipping.In Anne Arundel County alone, hospitals reported 104 weather related injuries in two days from the ice. This was likely the iciest winter Maryland has seen this century.
The music is "Clubbed to Death by Rob Dougan it was track #4 on "The Matrix " soundtrack released in 1999.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Maryland
• ice
• storm
• Easton
• Idlewild
• Park

[killas51210]

are thoose sirens from the song or actuall y the orginal vid?

[frgmntd]

The sirens in the background are part of the original video.

[silyfayg]

you should be helping your neighbours get the ice off your roofs and vice versa!

[frgmntd]

I did after most of the ice melted, and limbs stopped falling from trees. I almost cut my thumb off cutting limbs that had fallen in my grandmothers back yard, my uncle wouldn't loan me his chain saw, and wouldn't come around to help clean up.

[satisfaction2000]

Would like to have seen some live footage of the storm itself as a set up. Nice job of aftermath,though.

[frgmntd]

I would like to have had some live footage, but, as always hindsight is 20/20.

[HedwigFliesOn]

i was one when this happened. i live in st. mike's and we had tree branches go through the roof of our family room and my parents bedroom. not cool. we stayed at my grandmothers, but strangely our cat refused to come with us.

[joycloud]

I was in Corinth MS. I remember the trees were exploding from the ice seeping into them then freezing and expanding. It looked like a war zone!

[WDWJP31]

I grew up in Fauquier County Virginia in the 80's and 90's. I was a Junior in High School when this storm hit. School was canceled for over 5 weeks. To make it up, our school days were lengthened by 70 minutes and we stayed darn near through the end of June. Sure was beautiful. And fun!

[Orgymang]

This will be the storm I will always remember. I was 10 at the time, living in Perry Hall, MD. Everything was covered in about 2-3 inches of pure ice. It made for very entertaining "sledding", if you want to call it that. It was not as entertaining for my dad when he came home from work and slid down the bottom of our driveway though.

[jsplane]

I was living in Memphis Tn when that happened, we had no power for two weeks; lol, I remember trying to heat a can of beans on the grill while freezing my ass of in the four inch thick ice

[cuimvena]

I live in Mississippi, I remember that storm we did not have power for about a week or more. I have video of this storm also

[byhisgrace4hisglory]

I was 14 and I lived in Indian Head, MD. I was out playing on the ice with my friends and dilocated my knee.... spent New Years Eve in Civista (or was it still PMH then??)

[wakka922201]

This was an awful storm; we had no power for three or so days in Tennessee. I remember when I was 2 years old not to open the fridge.

[niebyl1983]

Good week, no school, ice skating all over easton. I rember the last day of ice skating in the lawn, ice stared to break, twas sad. Remember broken trees everywhere. Lived in Thread Haven, still live in Easton, just got back from out of the army. I was 11 at the time, good memories of youth. Great year to be a kid.