Just in case dealing with blowing snow, drifting snow, impassable driving conditions, and threats of blizzards isn t enough, weather officials now tell us frost quakes exist. A story from
Bring Me the News indicates, A series of loud booming noises that rattled windows in southeastern Wisconsin Sunday was possibly caused by frost quakes.
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When I first read this, I assumed it was from ice sliding off rooftops and crashing to the ground. But rather, frost quakes are caused when water underground freezes, and then expands, causing the surrounding soil and rock to crack, according to an ABC News story cited by