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fatlazyless · 01-10-2018, 10:35 PM

It seems very unusual.

Maybe the deep freeze temperatures of last week got conducted down the wood piling, freezing the existing moisture inside the wood piling which increased its' buoyancy by 10%, and at the same time the now frozen piling has less surface friction between the piling wood surface and the lake bottom causing the lake bottom to lose its' grip allowing the piling to rise up vertically, held in position by the ice surface.

Probably, some part of the piling is still sticking into the lake bottom, otherwise it would be a leaner or be tipped over, but would not be 90-degree vertical, as it is.

01-10-2018, 10:35 PM	#12
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	It seems very unusual. Maybe the deep freeze temperatures of last week got conducted down the wood piling, freezing the existing moisture inside the wood piling which increased its' buoyancy by 10%, and at the same time the now frozen piling has less surface friction between the piling wood surface and the lake bottom causing the lake bottom to lose its' grip allowing the piling to rise up vertically, held in position by the ice surface. Probably, some part of the piling is still sticking into the lake bottom, otherwise it would be a leaner or be tipped over, but would not be 90-degree vertical, as it is. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 01-12-2018 at 05:22 AM.