Smoke on the water

[HIGHLIFEII]

5 degree at 6am this morning. Sun came up & I saw smoke on the water. Geese & a swan trying to swim through slush & skim ice was a comical scene. Ice eater in, boat clear of ice. Started the engines yesterday to blow some of the ice away from the stern. Warmer weather tomorrow.

 

[Radiowaves]

Dom Dom Dom... Dom Dom da dom.... Dom Dom Dom....

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time

Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground, now

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

And Geese and swans trying to swim though the fire....

This is a long winter... ;-)

 

[JohnC]

The fire dept was practicing ice rescues on my canal right in front of my neighbor's house yesterday. Ice looks pretty thick now.

 

[HIGHLIFEII]

John,
Did they have to cut thru or did it break when they went on it? Matzen says he has 6" of ice & Frevola said the bay is frozen across down by him. Remember, any waterfowl that get stuck in the ice are the stupid ones, survival of the fitest.
Andy

 

[JohnC]

Andy,

By time I realized what was going on they were pretty much done so I didn't see much of the drill. They had a ladder down to the ice and lowered some sort of sled. They must have used that to get across the canal because I could see the track marks on the ice and then there was a squared off cut in front of my neighbor's dock except where they cut it. The ice didn't break at all. Not sure how thick it is at this point.