Crazy: Ice blob hits Minnesota and Manitoba [photos]

Twitchy ^ | 5/12/2013

[markomalley]

https://twitter.com/colifis/status/333733589567037440

So much for global warming, eh?

Another photo of the ice blob on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake today as ice piled up to 30 feet high in spots. http://t.co/AqsOKUqMY4—
Jonathan Yuhas (@JonathanYuhas) May 12, 2013

KSTP TV viewer Garrett Norsten sent this photo of the Mille Lac frozen ice wave smashing thru a garage. http://t.co/3sTPNX2T7D—
Jonathan Yuhas (@JonathanYuhas) May 12, 2013

https://twitter.com/13EvanStewart/status/333697845779648512

Wow! RT @WCCO: Lake Mille Lacs ice surges onto shore, threatening resort. | cbsloc.al/10A72cH | http://t.co/TQcFoyw05A—
Gregg Litman (@GRLitman) May 11, 2013

Ice anyone. Wind gusts to 45 mph piling Mr Freeze like ice blocks on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. http://t.co/aqrASNzYx6—
Rob Koch (@RobKochWNTV) May 11, 2013

One of the most bizarre things I've seen. RT @science: Creeping ice wave damages homes in Minnesota bit.ly/10Crbyx—
Andrew Willmott (@andrewwillmott) May 13, 2013

Undulating ice wave damages homes in Minnesota bit.ly/10Crbyx – one of the weirdest things I've ever seen, how creepy—
Katherine Ismyname (@TheCuriousCase) May 13, 2013

Massive wall of ice rises out of lake and destroys a dozen homes as residents wat… bit.ly/17hSmpP http://t.co/PYJzJVzcH9—
  (@cu_mr2ducks) May 13, 2013

Residents and fishermen on Mille Lacs Lake are tweeting some crazy, amazing photos on the scene:

[markomalley]

See more at the link.

Al Gore has got to be pissed.

[timlilje]

I have seen this but only on rivers. In Toledo Ohio the Maumee would freeze completely over and the water would backup behind it. Since there was no place to go the water went under the ice lifting the ice up and on the shore. I have seen 4-5ft thick slabs as big as a house move quite a ways inland!!

[caper gal 1]

Can anyone say, “mini-ice age” in the era of “global warming”?

[bigbob]

Dear Algore,

Thanks to global warming, an ice wave ate my house in the middle of May. Please send $10 million or I’m coming to live in your garage.

[Cvengr]

It was 108F out in Rancho Mirage today. Could’ve used some of that for some Margaritas.

[Old Sarge]

Ice blob hits Minnesota and Manitoba

[markomalley]

I have seen this but only on rivers.

Me too. But in mid-May. Not that far south (I mean, we're talking Mille Lacs, not Red Lake).

[editor-surveyor]

Not a bit of doubt, this is facilitated by global warming. Were it not for the warming, the ice would be solid and immovable on the surface of the lake :o)

(do I get the cigar?)

[Jack Hydrazine]

These ice heaves were reported on IceAgeNow.info.

Ice Plows Into Northern Minnesota Homes – Video
http://iceagenow.info/2013/05/ice-plows-northern-minnesota-homes-video/

Wall of ice destroys Manitoba homes, cottages
http://iceagenow.info/2013/05/wall-ice-destroys-manitoba-homes-cottages/

[DManA]

Really it’s not all that unusual. It’s a little unusual in that it’s happening a full month and a half later than you’d expect it to but it happens pretty regularly.

On Lake Superior some years you see 3 story high pile ups.

[RegulatorCountry]

I watched a couple of the videos on YouTube (eventually turned the sound off because the chattering, nasally woman who recorded them was dropping f-bombs).

It was strange, like those slow, thick lava floes you see sometimes in Hawaii, but it was ice. Making weird rhythmic noises, sort of like an old steam engine train.

It slowly oozed up, then started banking up against stationary objects, but the pressure apparently was still increasing, because it started busting in patio doors and knocking gutter downspouts off. Kept on pushing right into the condos after busting through the door.

[MtnMan101]

THOUSANDS SHOW UP, IN PROTEST, DEMANDING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED !!

[South40]

[Caipirabob]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks markomalley.

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[Monkey Face]

You’ve been reading “Calvin and Hobbes,” yes?