02-07-2009, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Hundreds stranded on 8 mile ice floe in Lake Erie
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/07/Ohi...ice/index.html
Unbelievable. I would think that it would be relatively easy to declare this ice safe or not safe on a daily basis.
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02-07-2009, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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The fact you could only get out there by using planks to cross the cracks might have been a tip off your shouldn't have been out there one would think.
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02-07-2009, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan02
The fact you could only get out there by using planks to cross the cracks might have been a tip off your shouldn't have been out there one would think.
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Ice, especially on teh Great Lakes, can be tricky to read, but yeah, if there are gaping cracks I don't think you want to drive you quads across them.
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02-07-2009, 04:02 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Meh ... Darwinism.
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02-07-2009, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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150 rescued in total, 1 dead.
Sheriff says that he'd like to have made 150 arrests for lack of common sense.
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02-07-2009, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Americas hat
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meh, at least they werent stuck in edmonton...
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02-07-2009, 08:13 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
150 rescued in total, 1 dead.
Sheriff says that he'd like to have made 150 arrests for lack of common sense.
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Better yet, charge them all for the costs of the rescue.
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02-07-2009, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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"I have no problem with people ice fishing, but these idiots should realize that when you see open water, you should not build a bridge and cross it," he said. "It's a shame you can't arrest people for stupidity."
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Wow harsh words. Bet the fact a guy died doesn't make them feel any better either.
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02-07-2009, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Dion
Better yet, charge them all for the costs of the rescue.
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I would imagine that many of them lost stuff like ATVs and fishing shacks and the like. Can't imagine the Coast Guard recovering them for them.
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