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Stockmom42 t1_j88lhjp wrote

Reply to comment by pocketlily in Fisherman dies after falling through ice on Lake Champlain; state urges caution on lakes this weekend by airhogg

The other pond also has a warning associated with it and a huge crack. Yet people are treating it like a fun spot to chill. We can calculate the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow or just use some common sense and not play on ice when the conditions aren’t safe.

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pocketlily t1_j88me3q wrote

Or you can use an auger and a spud bar to continuously check the ice instead of guessing based on conditions.

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casewood123 t1_j88p7h5 wrote

What’s happening under the ice is also a factor of how safe it is. Such as current and amount of vegetation. If there is a lot of grass it emits oxygen which will rot the ice from underneath. Same with current. When the weather is warm, feeder streams run higher with runoff which will also deteriorate the ice from underneath.

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