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Pagophagia (from Greek: pagos, frost/ice, + phagÅ, to eat [1]) is the compulsive consumption of ice or iced drinks. [2] It is a form of the disorder known as pica, which in Latin refers to a magpie that eats everything indiscriminately. [3]
Winter won't officially get underway until this weekend, but snow, ice and sleet are already making roads treacherous ahead of holiday travel. Weekend ice storms created dangerous conditions in ...
A storm that produces a significant thickness of glaze ice from freezing rain is often referred to as an ice storm. Although these storms are not particularly violent, freezing rain is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways, breaking tree limbs, and downing power lines from the weight of accumulating ice.
A cold-stimulus headache, colloquially known as an ice-cream headache or brain freeze, is a form of brief pain or headache commonly associated with consumption (particularly quick consumption) of cold beverages or foods such as ice cream, popsicles, and snow cones.
Inclement weather plagued areas of the US in the first half of the weekend, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest states, severe weather ...
A storm is bringing just enough wintry precipitation to cause travel trouble ahead of Christmas Day across the Northeast, including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D ...
An ice storm, also known as a glaze event or a silver storm, is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain. [1] The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least 0.25-inch (6.4 mm) of ice on exposed surfaces.
Brace yourself for a hard winter, fellow travelers. "Prepare for the worst," warned aviation expert David Doughty. "You might encounter ice storms, blizzards and other treacherous weather conditions."