The weight of the Ice
Subtitle: the northeast Ice storm of 2008
By: Dave Eisenstadter
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Surry Cottage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Keene, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780979506772
Subjects: Ice storms; Winter storms; Natural disasters; Electric power failures; Tempêtes de verglas; Tempêtes hivernales; Catastrophes naturelles; Pannes d'électricité
Description: From the back cover: Dec. 11, 2008: a layer of ice falls on 5 states and leaves devastation in its path. --New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Vermont and Mass. --1.3 million households were left without electricity --$75 million in damages to electrical systems in NH alone --42 counties were eligible for federal disaster relief --Many households were without power for over two weeks.
Notes: Includes index.

Documents the ice storm of 2008.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Act I: The ice storm cometh; title: 1. A perfect ice storm: the weather and science of the storm; title: 2. Pop ... crack ... boom: the night of the storm; title: Act II: A region transformed; title: 3. First glimpses: devastation the next morning; title: 4. You can't get there from here: traveling the roads; title: 5. Workers of the world un-ice: work necessitated by the storm; title: 6. A forest of crystal: the beauty of the ice; title: Act III: Dealing with darkness, coping with cold; title: 7. Yankee ingenuity: stories of triumph; title: 8. Taken for granted: heat: keeping warm; title: 9. Taken for granted: water: staying hydrated and preventing water damage; title: 10. Taken for granted: food: eating and refrigeration; title: 11. Taken for granted: light: the darkness; title: 12. Communication and community: how people stayed connected; title: 13. Generating generators: alternative sources of power; title: 14. Gimme shelter: life in shelters; title: 15. Waiting for power: as the days become weeks; title: Act IV: An unprecedented restoration; title: 16. The toughest job of all: utility workers restoring power; title: 17. Getting it back: let there be light; title: 18. The ice storm that stole Christmas: Christmas after the storm; title: Act V: The months that followed; title: 19. Spring cleaning: lasting effects of the storm; title: Fact sheet.