Slideshow: 16 weirdly beautiful pictures from last weekend’s ice storm
Slideshow: 16 weirdly beautiful pictures from last weekend’s ice storm
This weekend’s ice storm caused widespread power outages and property damage, but there’s no denying that it was also, in a way, beautiful. Torontonians are used to catastrophic snowstorms, but this rare bout of heavy freezing rain left the whole city looking as though it had been encased in crystal. Many of those who weren’t huddled under mountains of blankets at home were out with their smartphones and cameras, taking pictures of all the weirdly pretty destruction. Here, a gallery of some of the best of those photos, culled from Twitter and Instragram.
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- The Twitter user who posted this shot captioned it: "the most Canadian thing ever to happen."
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- Muppets were not made to withstand this kind of weather.
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- Lots of people lost their favourite backyard trees (and, in some cases, their favourite backyard sheds/walls).
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- The Twitter user who posted this photo says it was taken in Mount Pleasant.
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- Sadly, Toronto's crosswalk buttons aren't heated.
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- This tree clearly hadn't reckoned with the possibility of freezing rain.
- (Image: Twitter/<a href="https://twitter.com/StormhunterTWN/status/414785063113740288">@StormhunterTWN</a>)
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- A basketball net, coated.
- (Image: Twitter/<a href="https://twitter.com/peterneal1/status/414783314470240256">@peterneal1</a>)
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- One upside to the storm was a bunch of really nice photos of ice-encased berries.
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- Probably just a scratch.
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- This car belongs to Brad Ross, the TTC's corporate communications director.
- (Image: Twitter/<a href="https://twitter.com/bradTTC/status/414781336436502531">@BradTTC</a>)
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- This one is probably going to have to spend some time at the body shop.
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- Sunday was not a day for biking.
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- It's for times like this that normal, non-serial-killing Torontonians own chainsaws.
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- The lineup at a Toronto Home Depot.
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- And here's what the situation was like way above street level, at the Shangri-La Hotel.
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- This picture was taken in Forest Hill.
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This weekend's ice storm caused widespread power outages and property damage, but there's no denying that it was also, in a way, beautiful. Torontonians are used to catastrophic snowstorms, but this rare bout of heavy freezing rain left the whole city looking as though it had been encased in crystal. Many of those who weren’t huddled under mountains of blankets at home were out with their smartphones and cameras, taking pictures of all the weirdly pretty destruction. Here, a gallery of some of the best of those photos, culled from Twitter and Instragram.
See all 16 photos »
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With all the trees getting destroyed, I was amazed to see this TREE HOUSE standing strong! http://www.tophousesforsaleintoronto.com/#!Toronto-Tree-House-Survives-Ice-Storm/cllt/FF8F6792-3F78-4B6D-AE16-FD1EF1B0E66F