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Frozen Delaware bay

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  1. WeldrDave

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    For some of you that may have never seen the Atlantic ocean or the Delaware bay, Enjoy these pics. This is a picture of our local ferry service that goes from Cape May, NJ to Lewes, Del.

    It's not often you see the bay froze and you know it takes a lot for salt water to freeze.
    One picture is looking down the coast to the Atlantic ocean.
    Hope you enjoy! Dave.
     

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    I heard on the radio today that Lake Erie is about frozen completely also.
     
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    Im suprised they're still runnin the ferry with all that flow ice. I know with the negative temps we had last winter pretty much all the bays up my way completely froze over. It takes a long cold snap like we're in to freeze the DB over

    We got caught up in some flow ice in the delaware river while duck hunting a few years ago. Went out before dawn and the river was wide open. Tide switched and all the ice that was caught up in trenton headed our way. That was a scary ride in o_O .
     
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    Now I know those pics have to be photo shopped. No way with all the global warming Is the Delaware freezing. :emb:
     
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    I feel for everyone out east, hang in there. Tough conditions. But, remember polluted waters don't freeze, only clean waters freeze. So, frozen water is a sign of a healthy waterway. I am not a "way out" environmentalist but I do respect God's gift to us in nature. I think all of us on this site in one way or another are on that road.
    But, she is cold when a body of water freezes that is the size of Lake Erie.
    Again, hang in there and good luck.
     
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    [​IMG]Buzzards Bay almost completely frozen in spots.
     
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    Not quite where they were last year but getting closer at more than 3/4 frozen over. I think the lakes got up to 93% completely frozen last winter.

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    The next three days should really give the ice a boost.
     
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    It's definitely going in that direction. I looked about 3-4 days ago and it was in the mid to high 60% range.
     
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    :bug: That's a lotta ice in a short time!!
     
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    That's a cool pic, no pun intended, where'd you get that?
     
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    Its my understanding that salt water doesn't freeze till 28.8 degrees.

    As the water freezes at the north and south poles the ice has no salt in it. The salt is pushed down and the water is considered fresh.
    (don't know how i remembered this, i can't remember what I had for breakfast)
     
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    Figgered with the last 2 years, they'd already cured us.
     
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    Pamet river from the Atlantic at Balston Beach.did last winter as well.
     
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