chantillylace9 t1_iy80gnx wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Reply to comment by Sometimes_Stutters in About 100 fishermen rescued after large chunk of ice breaks off in Minnesota lake by AmethystOrator

Man not the two lakes I lived on, the springs kept holes in the ice year round.

One of the springs actually came up into our basement and travelled downhill to the lake to feed it. My mom turned it into a super cute little stream. But we sure got a ton of flooded basements!! It was a 100 year old farmhouse which was awesome but way too much work.

fantasmoofrcc t1_iy8bbao wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:36 PM

Yeah, I don't know his reasoning. He can go close to the water intakes all he wants, someone else will have a rope to help. Upper and Lower Red lake is pretty darn big (not Superior big, mind you) at 37miles long. Wind would be a bigger factor than just spring feeds in this case.