Lake Erie frozen over

[fund razor]

Yes folks, except for a couple of small patches.... for the first time in 14 years that puppy's got a lid on it. This will help limit evaporation, protect lake levels and those poor cleveland people can stop shoveling so much.

Thanks global warming. :cheers2:

[LAriverratt]

Yes folks, except for a couple of small patches.... for the first time in 14 years that puppy's got a lid on it. This will help limit evaporation, protect lake levels and those poor cleveland people can stop shoveling so much.

Thanks global warming. :cheers2:

three days of snow here in Louisiana in three months....that global warming is a beotch!!!:cheers2:

[fund razor]

I hate winter. But it is a good thing that the lake froze.

[glassdave]

yep, good news for sure. I thought it froze over last year to though?

[LAriverratt]

winter down here is generally mild but this year it's been quite a bit colder. I'm ready for summer...well I'm ready for the warm weather...no new boat at the camp yet:willy_nilly:

[jima97]

winter down here is generally mild but this year it's been quite a bit colder. I'm ready for summer...well I'm ready for the warm weather...no new boat at the camp yet:willy_nilly:

Cool avatar pic. I'd like to see the full res version.

[glassdave]

Cool avatar pic. I'd like to see the full res version.

as soon as i saw that i was thinking the same thing. Whats the story on that?

[tommymonza]

Whale shark . I saw one in the Gulf here a few years back . A site to behold.

[fund razor]

yep, good news for sure. I thought it froze over last year to though?

Headline News story this morning.
I couldn't remember, personally. :o

My guess is that our end froze, but the deep end didn't?

[ChiefApache]

yep, good news for sure. I thought it froze over last year to though?

Me too Dave, and a few years before that.

I don't know what constitutes frozen over? The lake has frozen over for a quite a while the last several years.

[fund razor]

Me too Dave, and a few years before that.

I don't know what constitutes frozen over? The lake has frozen over for a quite a while the last several years.

Here's what AccuWeather says:

Lake Erie Frozen over; First Time in 14 Years
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:47 AM

Following a cold snap in the Northeast, Lake Erie's surface is virtually frozen over for the first time in about 14 years.
The ice ranges in thickness between paper thin along the northern shore and several inches along the southern shore, where many people are ice skating.
GoErie.com reports that the lake hasn't completely frozen since the winter of 1995-1996. Although the ice cover is considered complete, prevailing winds have created some cracks in the ice.
There are also reportedly ice chunks floating off the coast of Dunkirk, N.Y., which is one of the deepest parts of the lake and would naturally be one of the last places to freeze.


Lake Erie, with an average depth of 62 feet, is the most shallow of the five Great Lakes, which is why it is the only one that completely freezes over.
Since lake-effect snow depends on warmer lake temperatures compared to the air, the frozen lake will deter large amounts of snowfall to the lee of the lake. The current cold snap will keep the lake mostly, if not completely, frozen for at least the rest of the month.

[ChiefApache]

Here's what AccuWeather says:

Lake Erie Frozen over; First Time in 14 Years
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:47 AM

Following a cold snap in the Northeast, Lake Erie's surface is virtually frozen over for the first time in about 14 years.
The ice ranges in thickness between paper thin along the northern shore and several inches along the southern shore, where many people are ice skating.
GoErie.com reports that the lake hasn't completely frozen since the winter of 1995-1996. Although the ice cover is considered complete, prevailing winds have created some cracks in the ice.
There are also reportedly ice chunks floating off the coast of Dunkirk, N.Y., which is one of the deepest parts of the lake and would naturally be one of the last places to freeze.


Lake Erie, with an average depth of 62 feet, is the most shallow of the five Great Lakes, which is why it is the only one that completely freezes over.
Since lake-effect snow depends on warmer lake temperatures compared to the air, the frozen lake will deter large amounts of snowfall to the lee of the lake. The current cold snap will keep the lake mostly, if not completely, frozen for at least the rest of the month.

Thanks for the info John!

[Perlmudder]

hmm interesting! when i was at the cottage a couple weeks ago there was a large piece of ice that was floating between crystal beach and sunset bay depending on the wind direction.

[LAriverratt]

Cool avatar pic. I'd like to see the full res version.

Here ya go. A friend of mine sent the pics to me. He said it was from a rig of the coast here in Louisiana. One of the guys in the CC got in the water with the Whale...for some reason I didn't save those shots.

[Knot 4 Me]

Main channel at LOTO froze completely over too which has not happened since about '95. This global warming shivers me timbers.

[fund razor]

Main channel at LOTO froze completely over too which has not happened since about '95. This global warming shivers me timbers.
That must have been the same winter our lake froze? (95-96)