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onedef92
05-13-2013, 9:16am
Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps

Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 4:40 PM

LAKE MILLE LACS, Minn. - Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

WCCO-TV reports that the ice from Lake Mille Lacs (MILL LAX) reached the doors and windows at the Izatys Resort on Saturday morning.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Shawn Devinny says 30 to 40 mile an hour winds pushed the water into the ice, driving it ashore. He says the winds were lighter Sunday and the shoreline got a reprieve.

The Department of Natural Resources says about 10 miles of shoreline are covered, with some reaching up to 30 feet high.
Kerrmudgeon
05-13-2013, 9:21am
Same thing is happening north of there in Manitoba. Yesterday ice and snow blew off the lakes and smashed lots of homes with a huge wall of the white stuff. Very scary. :willy:
jaxgator
05-13-2013, 9:38am
Video here. :willy:

Ice from Minn. lake pushed ashore to doorsteps - News - Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/odd/2013/05/12/ice-from-minn-lake-pushed-ashore-doorsteps/uuvXLSeR5oOnWV2noUmjFO/story.html)
Kevin_73
05-13-2013, 9:42am
Never had that problem in Texas. :D
CBonsall
05-13-2013, 10:11am
hope they dont loose their house.
Yamma
05-13-2013, 11:20am
Saw that on the news this morning - I bet when they got that waterfront property, they didn't quite imagine this!
C5Nate
05-13-2013, 11:28am
Never had that problem in Texas. :D

http://www.harc.edu/Portals/0/Images/News/TexasManorHurricanes1851-2006.jpg
Kevin_73
05-13-2013, 11:34am
http://www.harc.edu/Portals/0/Images/News/TexasManorHurricanes1851-2006.jpg

We also have horrific thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail the size of watermelons, giant dust storms, and rattlesnakes, but I am certain we have never had an ice flow that threatened homes.
C5Nate
05-13-2013, 11:55am
We also have horrific thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail the size of watermelons, giant dust storms, and rattlesnakes, but I am certain we have never had an ice flow that threatened homes.


Sounds like Missouri minus the hurricane winds, although we have received the 10 inch rains from many of them. Only ice we have to worry about is the kind that falls from the sky.
Kerrmudgeon
05-13-2013, 1:12pm
Check out the ice damage near Winnipeg to the north of that yesterday......:(

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Massive Wall Of Ice Destroys Canadian Lakeside Homes! - YouTube
78SA
05-13-2013, 6:15pm
:willy: