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04-01-2022, 09:53 PM | #1 |
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Moving Icebergs
Based on tomorrows forecast for NW winds I suspect it's going to be dock damage time as the ice has pulled away from the shores and shifting. I think I can hear the splintering lumber already! No match for circulators!
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04-02-2022, 04:38 AM | #2 |
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Circulators are not designed to stop moving ice, just to prevent it from forming. Most year round docks have clusters of piling in front of them to hold the ice back where wind is a factor.
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04-02-2022, 04:52 AM | #3 |
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That's for sure. In a very calm area, I saw my neighbor's dock crumble like matchsticks from moving ice.
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04-02-2022, 05:13 AM | #4 |
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97-mph wind atop Mount Washington right now, reported most windy location in country ... with 7-degrees, freezing fog and light snow .... ... at this time ... hoo-yuh & hut-hut-hut! ... must be a wee bit c-o-l-d up there ....
And ....... Pago Pago, Samoa .... in the south pacific ocean, somewhere between Hawaii and Australia ..... checks in as the warmest U.S.A. location at 83-degrees, right now ..... aloha! .... .... to Samoa!
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04-02-2022, 06:17 AM | #5 |
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LSP Big Pier has already been damaged from the ice this past week. I have never seen it get ripped off the cement foundation before, usually if it does get ice damage its the Dimond Island side of the pier just raises up and then settles down after thaw.
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04-02-2022, 10:40 AM | #7 |
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one of the reasons I always hold my breath coming around the back side of Mark for the first time every spring!
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04-03-2022, 10:37 AM | #9 |
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It did seem to be an unusual winter, and early spring seems windier to me at least.
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04-04-2022, 09:51 AM | #10 |
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South Wolfeboro Bay. Not sure on the exact day this occurred.
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04-05-2022, 12:21 PM | #11 |
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Dock damage
Made it out to Sleepers island Friday night. Arrived to find a 4"x6"post snapped on the end of my crib dock along with damage to the frame. The end of the crib has also shifted approximately 12-18"
Within an hour of our arrival, a huge ice flow came through that would have prevented us from getting to the island. It was gone within a couple of hours. I noticed 2 of my neighbors sustained damage to their docks as well. Rough spring for ice damage due to the strong winds.
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04-06-2022, 11:33 AM | #13 |
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Hitched a ride on a friends pontoon boat from Ames.
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