Relatively_Wrong_404 t1_iy7b1pt wrote
Reply to comment by LuckyBastard8484 in About 100 fishermen rescued after large chunk of ice breaks off in Minnesota lake by AmethystOrator
Yea it's an annual event. People go out ice fishing too early when there isn't enough ice. Clips go viral every year where brand new cars go through the ice.
This time a whole football field sized chunk broke off. Gap between the chunk and the rest of the ice was a solid 10ft long. Could fall forward from the edge and be halfway to the other side. Lucky enough people got a bridge set up across the chasm and everyone got across to safety. (Some cool pics of the bridge went around.) Initial count was 100+ but by the end it was around 200 people. (don't remember the exact amount)
TL;DR: Not really uplifting, but everyone survived a dangerous situation which could've been a lot worse
TwoSquids t1_iy7k3hy wrote
Yeah here in Wisconsin too. The government says stay off the ice. Ice breakers and everyone goes "no one could have seen this coming".
It's actually infuriating
alabasterwilliams t1_iy85rpn wrote
To be fair, there are some folks that don’t fish outside of ice fishing up here, so I understand their excitement, I just don’t condone it.
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