Re: 66 Fishermen Pulled From Suddenly Adrift Wisconsin Ice Floes
By: oldCADuser
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Sat, 06 Feb 21 2:19 AM
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Msg. 63134 of
65535
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This happens almost every year on the upper Great Lakes, Superior, Huron and Michigan. The lakes are so large that they rarely freeze all the way across. And they are large enough and northern enough to have actual tidal effects. So if the 'tide' goes out and the wind shifts to off-shore, big chucks of ice can suddenly decide to move away from the land, and it can move faster than people can run. And in a situation like this, many of them probably drove their cars, suvs or snowmobiles out onto the lake, and while the Coast Guard will probably manage to rescue all of the stranded people, they can do nothing about anything that you left out on the ice. Your only hope is that the wind shifts and the ice flow might run up against the land somewhere and you might be able to go out and drive you vehicle back off. But if not, the lake will claim it in the spring with the thaw starts.
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