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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Thin ice means be smart |
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01/31/2023 01:45PM
Thanks for the good reminder, Pinetree. We lost a veteran ice fisherman this past weekend and had a lucky lady and her puppy rescued by a another ice fisherman yesterday down here on the Madison chain of lakes. The first gentleman was likely disoriented in a snow squall and ATVed too close to a river inlet. The woman had already taken a safe walk with the dog and then ventured back out in a less familiar spot (also near an inlet) to wear out the pup.
"The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss your life away on nonsense." Jim Harrison
02/07/2023 07:16AM
The phrase that jumps out at me from the article is "I've never seen" (ice this thin at this time of year).
Just this season I've never seen 80 degree temps in November or record snowfall in November or my local large river "flash freeze" in 3 days in December or a winter with constant thaws or a January where it stayed above freezing even at night (I'm in southern Michigan).
With thin ice we can be smart but I think it may be more challenging to be smart about a barrage of weather conditions that you've never seen before!
Just this season I've never seen 80 degree temps in November or record snowfall in November or my local large river "flash freeze" in 3 days in December or a winter with constant thaws or a January where it stayed above freezing even at night (I'm in southern Michigan).
With thin ice we can be smart but I think it may be more challenging to be smart about a barrage of weather conditions that you've never seen before!
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