Northern Microclimate

See this Feb. 7, 2011 article with video.

In uptown, ice falling from the Duke Energy Center forced the closure of Tryon and Stonewall Streets on the east and south sides of the building. About a tenth of an inch of ice glazed the snow that fell Monday, making sidewalks and roadways treacherous for pedestrians and drivers in Charlotte. ~Gary O'Brien

Just when New Yorkers thought they had seen it all this winter, along came a new cause for alarm on Wednesday: ice, a danger on the ground and from above. In brick-shape chunks, not-so-little thunderbolts and snowball-size clumps, ice slammed down on streets and avenues in the city. Pieces of ice came loose from buildings tall and small. They propelled themselves from the cables on bridges; the Verrazano-Narrows and George Washington Bridges were closed for part of the morning because of ice showers.

Protection from snow and ice that falls from downtown Omaha's Zorinsky Federal Building is coming soon in the form of a $2.2 million canopy project.  The federal General Services Administration has awarded a canopy contract to Tarlton Corp. of St. Louis. The work is to be completed by Dec. 21, said Cy Houston, director of project management for the GSA's Heartland Region.  Last winter, snow and ice fell to the sidewalk from the building's aluminum-clad windowsills and louver-like sunshades. No one was injured. But temporary scaffolding was set up to ensure that no one got hit.