Not the official weather thread.....

[eldubb440]

about freakin time, still buried in ice here

 

[dadsbee]

 

[eldubb440]

you love it

 

[MarPar]

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All that snowblowin really took the shine off of that hood, eh?

 

[Richard Cranium]

about freakin time, still buried in ice here

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We'll be about 5-8 degrees cooler up here.

 

[eldubb440]

solid as a rock......this **** might still be here in May..... I could play hockey on it if I do desired

 

[Sahara]

Our lake ice is probably at least five feet thick by now. They will be driving loaded semi trucks on it to access the remote communities and diamond mines.

 

[Cranky]

Our lake ice is probably at least five feet thick by now. They will be driving loaded semi trucks on it to access the remote communities and diamond mines.

Do they bore holes in it to check the thickness in various places?

 

[Cranky]

The weather app on my phone says the high for today will be 73....local weather says 78. The local 10 day forecast is from 70-80 with some rain. Don't have to run the heat at least.

 

[Sahara]

Ye

Do they bore holes in it to check the thickness in various places?

Yeah, especially where the ice roads are. What they will do to add to it is drill a hole then flood the road with huge pumps. Some of the lakes north of the big lake are twenty to perhaps fifty miles long, so they link them together. The danger is close to shore. When you are driving the ice roads you cannot go faster then about twenty five miles an hour. Because the ice flexes and makes a wave you have to go slow. If you catch up to the wave the ice shatters, you fall through and die, and the road is shut down until they find away around the damage. As you get close to shore you slow way down even more because the wave bounces back when it hits shore and you can go through that way, as well. Most accidents happen close to shore. Most guys die from a heart attack, but you freeze to death anyway…
It’s very surreal to be on the ice when a semi goes by as you go up and down on the wave.

 

[dadsbee]

Reminds me, Wife and I should probably head for the Camp dock before we get much further into Winter to check on things..

 

[Sahara]

Just saw on one of our local Facebook pages that Colville Lake, a small community up here hit minus fifty WITHOUT the windchill on Wednesday. I’ve only been out in that sort of cold once, and it was miserable. Even with the cab heater going full blast the windshield frosted up so that there was only a very small clear spot to see through. I froze my kneecap, which is even more unpleasant than it sounds. We spent the night at a remote mine site and it took eight hours to get our truck started in the morning. Did manage to shoot a bunch of Caribou, though.

 

[Photon440]

 

[gtx6970]

Been upper 50s here past few days,,,,,,Brrrrrrr

 

[dadsbee]

We're at 32F today.. !!! I find it worse than 0F

 

[Cojohnso1]

It's low 50s today. But I smell a setup! The record low for this day is -30°f.

I know Murphy and his damn laws. And he's licking his chops over this warm weather gift.

 

[Cranky]

Ye

Yeah, especially where the ice roads are. What they will do to add to it is drill a hole then flood the road with huge pumps. Some of the lakes north of the big lake are twenty to perhaps fifty miles long, so they link them together. The danger is close to shore. When you are driving the ice roads you cannot go faster then about twenty five miles an hour. Because the ice flexes and makes a wave you have to go slow. If you catch up to the wave the ice shatters, you fall through and die, and the road is shut down until they find away around the damage. As you get close to shore you slow way down even more because the wave bounces back when it hits shore and you can go through that way, as well. Most accidents happen close to shore. Most guys die from a heart attack, but you freeze to death anyway…
It’s very surreal to be on the ice when a semi goes by as you go up and down on the wave.

Is the show 'Ice Road Truckers' any indication of what things are like?? Not sure if it's even on anymore but it showed trucks back when I watched it that didn't make it.....

 

[Cranky]

Just had a nasty thunder storm blow though with tornado warnings and the wife freaked out because her daughter texted her about tornadoes in the area which there wasn't. Oh dayam.....

 

[Sahara]

Is the show 'Ice Road Truckers' any indication of what things are like?? Not sure if it's even on anymore but it showed trucks back when I watched it that didn't make it.....

Years ago probably one truck a year went through the ice, sometimes a grader or a snow plow. Safety has improved a lot and I think it’s been a few years since one went through.
The show was pretty accurate, at least the first two years. They way overhyped the rivalries and drama but they did a good job of showing what the road was like. I think they also portrayed the cold up here properly. The ice roads are only open December to some time in late March; our coldest, darkest months.
One of the lakes you cross is Gordon Lake. If I recall correctly it is about a hundred miles long. At twenty five miles per hour it takes about four hours just to cross one lake. They have security patrolling, and if you are speeding you are fired and sent home, immediately. No warning, no second chances. In one episode a guy had his truck on cruise control, got out of his seat and made a sandwich in the sleeper, then got back in the drivers seat and carried on. A bit far fetched, but not by much.
Alex Debogorski, one of the the stars, is still around and you can bump into him at the grocery store or gas station.
In March when the days are getting longer and the sun is bright it is a truly beautiful country in a stark kind of way.

 

[Photon440]

Is the show 'Ice Road Truckers' any indication of what things are like?? Not sure if it's even on anymore but it showed trucks back when I watched it that didn't make it.....

It was off the air for awhile, but the 12th season started again in September last year. Lisa Kelly and Tod Dewey were the only drivers that I recognized.