Instead of a winter wonderland, residents living along the shore of Lake Erie in New York woke up this weekend to a winter nightmare when they found their homes completely encased in thick ice.
Ed Mis has lived in his home in Hamburg, New York, for the past eight years, and while the neighborhood has seen ice coatings before, he said this is the first time it's been this bad. Ice completely coats the outside of the homes."It looks fake, it looks unreal," Mis told CNN."It's dark on the inside of my house. It can be a little eerie, a little frightening.
" And while the sight is definitely surreal and remarkable, residents are worried it could cause structural damage to their homes."We're worried about the integrity, of structure failure when it starts to melt, because of the weight on the roof," Mis said.To blame? No, not Elsa, but 48 straight hours of gale force winds. The winds created huge waves, driving lake water up on the shore, according to the Weather Channel.
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