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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />4.3.13.14. Recovery <br />Recovery from a major ice storm can take days, or even weeks if it is complicated by a combination of <br />other weather hazards. In forested areas, logging activities may be significantly impacted, and fuel loads <br />from fallen trees may exacerbate the potential for wildland fire. In addition to power outages, persistent <br />wind loading on structures, associated with powerful winter storms, has at times caused gas line ruptures. <br />4.3.13.15. References <br />Changnon, S. A., & Karl, T. R. (2003, 09). Temporal and Spatial Variations of Freezing Rain in the <br />Contiguous United States: 1948-2000. Journal of Applied MeteorologyJ. Appl. Meteor., 42(9), <br />1302-1315. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2003)0422.0.co;2 <br />Homeland Security and Emergency Management. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from <br />https://dps. mn.gov/divisions/hsem/weather-awareness-preparedness/Pages/winter-storms.aspx <br />Ice Storm - Southwest Minnesota: April 9-10, 2013. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from <br />http://www.dnr.state. mn.us/climate/journal/130410_wi nter_storm.htmI <br />Ice Storms. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/living_wx/icestorms/ <br />North Shore Ice Storm: March 23-24, 2009. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2016, from <br />http://climate.umn.edu/dOc/journaI/Ice_stormO9O323-24.htm <br />Overview of Extensive Ice Storms in Minnesota, retrieved from <br />http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/climate/summaries_and_publications/ice_storms <br />_in_minnesota.pdf <br />213 <br />